Weather elements
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Climate zones
Spanish climates
100

What instrument do we use to measure temperature? (Spell it for extra points!)

Thermometer

100

What does this symbol represents?

Partly cloudy

100

Areas of high altitude have higher temperatures

True/False

FALSE

Areas of high altitude have higher temperatures

100

Altitude defines the three main climate zones on earth.

TRUE / FALSE

FALSE!

Latitude defines them

100

What Spanish climate is know for having frequent precipitations?

Oceanic climate

200

Name the 4 weather elements

Temperature

Wind

Humidity

Precipitation

200

What does this symbol represents?

Heavy showers

200

When a city is near the sea in the north emisphere has extremely hot summers and extremely cold winters. 

True / False

FALSE

It is cooler in summer and warmer in winter 

200

In what two regions of the earth can we find the cold climates?

In the North and the South Pole.

200

What climate can we find around the southern and easterns coasts of Spain?

Mediterranean climate

300

What is this instrument? What does it measure?

It is a hygrometer, it measures humidity. 

300


What does this symbol represents?

Partly cloudy

300

A city near the equator is always warmer due to its longuitude / altitude / latitude / distance from the sea.

LATITUDE

300

What climates are found between the tropics?

Hot climates

300

What Spanish climate has the lowest temperatures?

Mountain climate

400

What is the difference between an anemometer and a wind vane?

An anemometer measures wind speed and a wind vane measures wind direction.

400

What does this symbol represents?

Hail

400
What climate factor affects the most the mountain climate?

Altitude

400

In Quito (Capital of Ecuador) we can distinguish summer, winter, fall and spring.

FALSE

400

What climate factor is the most important one to understand why subtropical climate is the most different one among Spanish climates?

Latitude

500

In which unit the rain gauge measures rainfall.

Millimeters (mm)

500

What does this symbol represents?

Sleet

500

A northern city is always colder than a southern city.

True / False 

FALSE

In the south emisphere it is the oposite

500

The tropic of capricorn is in latitude 30º S . What kind of climate has a city located in 45º S 26 ºW

Temperate climates

500

Which climate factor is fundamental to understanding the differences between the Mediterranean climate and the continental Mediterranean climate?

What weather element is specially afected by this factor?

The factor is distance from the sea and it affects the temperature which is more extreme in the continental-mediterranean climate.