Water Cycle
Weather
Severe Weather
Climate
Clouds
Climate Change
100
Name a type of precipitation
Rain, Snow, Hail, Sleet, Mist
100
What is weather?
What it is like (in the atmosphere) outside at a particular time and place
100
A drought happens when there is a long period without what?
rain
100
Polar regions have this type of climate.
Cold and dry
100
This type of cloud causes thunderstorms
Nimbus
100
What types of renewable energy may help slow and reduce global warming?
wind, solar, electric, nuclear
200
Precipitation happens when clouds of water droplets are too ______________.
heavy
200
Scientists who study weather are called?
Meteorologists
200
Floods happen when there is too much what?
water
200
Tropical regions have this type of climate.
warm and wet
200
This type of cloud is flat, wispy, and cover most of the sky.
Stratus
200
This term is the name for the gases in the atmosphere that trap heat on Earth
Greenhouse
300
When vapor in the air condenses these form
clouds
300
What is the main cause of weather?
The sun (because it drives the water cycle)
300
tornado
300
What is climate?
Climate is the pattern of weather over a long period of time for a large area.
300
When a stratus cloud is on or near the ground it is called this
fog
300
True or False: The Earth has always cycled through natural climate change
True
400
When water condenses, the water vapor in the air gets ___________ and changes back into liquid.
cold
400
What causes weather seasons?
The tilt of the Earth's axis as it rotates around the sun.
400
Hurricane
400
Temperate regions usually have how many seasons?
4
400
What is the name of the cloud that is white, puffy, and often compared to cotton balls.
Cumulus
400
This natural event can affect the climate.
Volcanic Erruptions
500
Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into vapor.
heats
500
What makes up weather?
Temperature, precipitation, sunlight, wind, and clouds
500
With enough wind and snow, blizzards can cause these dangerous conditions that makes it hard to see?
White outs
500
What instrument measures temperature?
A thermometer
500
The amount of vapor in the air is called this
humidity
500
What type of human activities can contribute to global warming?
carbon dioxide from cars, planes, ect.
coal and oil for electricity/power
methane from cattle and fertilizer
nitrous oxide from gasoline and agriculture
cfcs and haloalkane from aerosols and refrigerators
600
What is the water cycle?
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
600
The larger the body of water, the ______ the impact on weather.
bigger, greater
600
Extreme weather can happen when the water cycle does this.
speeds up or slows down
600
Climates are more extreme near these two places on Earth.
the poles and equator
600
Thin and high in the atmosphere, cirrus clouds often look like horsetails and are present with this type of weather.
nice weather
600
What are some of the effects on Earth from man made climate change?
Dying coral reef, melting ice caps, plant and animal endangerment/extinction, more common severe weather/changing weather patterns