Weather and Climate 1
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Weather and Climate 3
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What is precipitation?
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth
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What does the air temperature need to be in order for snow to fall? 
At or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius
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What instrument measures the rain?
Rain Gauge
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How does air temperature affect the weather?
The air temperature determines the type of precipitation.
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What is Humidity
The amount of moisture in the air at a given temperature
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__________is how hot or cold something is
Temperature
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Weather or climate..... which is needed to know what what the weather should be like in March in Florida
climate
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What instrument measures the air temperature?
Thermometer
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What climate zone has cold winters and cool summers?
Polar Climate zone
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Describe a low pressure system? What happens?
Air rises up causing clouds and precipitation to occur
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_____________ is the state of the atmosphere in a concrete place at a concrete moment.
Weather
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_________ is the general state of the atmosphere in a place over a long period of time.
Climate
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How does wind direction effect the weather?
Wind direction determines the weather and temperature of the air that is blown into an area.
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What is the name of the climatic zone that has warm winters and hot summers?
Tropical Climate Zone
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What is an atmosphere?
air that surrounds the Earth; made of a mixture of gases
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True or False- Weather changes constantly.
True
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True or False- Climate takes many years to change.
True.
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What instrument measures the wind speed?
Anemometer
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Why is the temperature of the air in areas by the ocean warmer in the winter than the air in areas surrounded by land?
The water cools off slower than land so the air above it is warmer than the air surrounded by land. This warm air blows into the coastal area.
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True or False- Because the sea absorbs the sun, the coast is very cold.
False- it is warm.
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Explain the main difference between weather and climate
Weather is the atmospheric condition over a short period of time and climate is over a long period of time (average weather pattern of 30 years)
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what are the two wind condition used to measure wind?
Wind speed and Wind Direction
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What instrument measures precipitation?
Rain gauge- Rain
Ruler- Snow
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What is the name of the climate zone that has cold winters and hot summers and experiences all 4 seasons?
Temperate Zone
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Why does it snow on top of mountains even in warm areas?
The higher elevation has colder air causing water to condense and fall as snow.