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The Water Cycle
Weather Conditions
Climate Zones
Factors Affecting Climate
Mixed
100
True or false? Water is a renewable resource because new water is always being created
False: the same water has been recycled since prehistoric times
100
This refers to the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
100
What geographic factor defines a climate zone?
What is latitude/proximity to the equator
100
How does being a near a large body of water affect the climate?
By making the weather more mild/less extreme
100
This device is used to measure air temperature
What is a thermometer
200
Most of the water on earth is in these
What are oceans
200
This is described as moving air, which is created by differences in temperature in different parts of the atmospher
What is wind
200
A penguin is most likely to reside in which climate zone?
What is the polar zone
200
Why is it so warm and mild in florida?
What is proximity to oceans and the equator
200
This device is used to measure air presure
What is a barometer
300
The heat from the sun drives this part of the water cycle.
What is evaporation
300
If an area is under a low pressure system, you are most likely to encounter this kind of weather.
What is bad weather
300
This climate zone is farthest from the equator
What is the polar zone
300
Where is there more sunlight, closer to the equator or farther away
What is closer to the equator
300
How does the temperature change as you move farther from surface of the earth?
it decreases
400
What phase is water in after condensation?
liquid
400
Liquid precipitation is known as this
What is rain
400
This climate zone shows the biggest differences between seasons
What is the Temperate zone
400
In very cold conditions, you would expect this kind of precipitation
What is snow
500
These three things can happen to water after precipitation
What is run-off, absorbed into the ground, evaporated
500
This kind of precipitation is created by water being repeatedly blown back up into the atmosphere
What is hail
500
In which climate zone is the humidity likely to be the greatest
What is tropical zone
500
What type of precipitation would you expect at the very top of a high mountain?
What is snow/sleet
500
Dark towering cumulonimbus clouds are associated with this kind of weather
What is heavy shower, thunderstorms