Precipitation
Wind
Seasons and Why They Happen
Sunshine
Clouds
100
What is precipitation?
The state of water in the air.
100
How does wind happen?
Differences in air pressure between two places cause wind to shift.
100
What are the 4 seasons?
If you don't know this, you simply do not listen to Mrs. Powell EVER!!!
100
The amount of sunshine depends on...?
Latitude and how much cloud there is in the sky.
100
Clouds are made up of what?
Tons of small water droplets.
200
Name the 4 forms of precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
200
What creates jet streams?
Strong differences between polar and tropical air.
200
When is summer in Austrailia?
If you don't this, you are Nate.
200
About how many hours of sunlight do deserts get? (Per year)
About 3,600 a year.
200
Clouds are made when...?
Quite warm, moist air rises into the sky where it cools and condenses.
300
How does rain form?
Droplets of water join in the clouds, become too heavy and fall as rain.
300
What is used to measure wind direction?
A wind vane
300
When is winter in the N. Hemisphere?
If you don't know this, you're still Nate.
300
The Eastern Sahara Desert does not get about how many hours per year?
100 hours.
300
Describe a cirrus cloud.
Cirrus- White- Thin and feathery- Fair.
400
How does snow form?
When temps are cold, and when droplets fall because of the clouds becoming to heavy, it freezes and falls as snow.
400
What is used to measure wind speed?
An anemometer
400
How do seasons form?
Sunlight hitting Earth at an angle.
400
There is usually more sunlight where?
Where atmospheric pressure is higher.
400
Describe a nimbostratus cloud.
Nimbostratus- Dark gray- Thick sheets- Continuous rain or snow.
500
Hoe does hail form?
Falls as hailstones, which are small balls of ice.
500
How many wind forces is wind speed divided into?
12.
500
When are the Summer and Winter solstices?
June 21; December 21
500
The machine to measure how many hours of sunlight there are is a...?
A pyrheliometer or a Campbell-Stokes recorder
500
Describe a cumulus cloud.
Cumulus- Gray/white- Puffy- Good.
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