Severe Weather
A severe weather event that typically has lots of rain, wind, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
Name at least 2 factors that influence climate
What is latitude, ocean currents, air masses, mountains, large bodies of water, etc
Name at least 2 major climate zones.
What is temperate, polar, dry, tropical, continental?
The main difference between climate and weather.
What is the length of time?
The phenomena that occurs when 2 air masses of different temperature and humidity collide?
weather front
A sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike
What is thunder?
Why is it possible to have different seasons at the Northern and Southern hemisphere?
Because the Earth is tilted on its axis.
Which two factors are involved in distributing the heat from the equator around the world?
ocean and atmospheric currents.
The two conditions that we use to classify air masses?
Temperature and humidity
Winds occur because hot air rises and cool air sinks in a process called?
Convection
A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds, is visible as a funnel-shaped cloud, and touches the ground?
What is a tornado?
What happens with air masses as they go higher in the atmosphere?
Get colder, condensation, precipitation.
A climate zone that typically has very harsh winters and very cold climates.
What is a polar climate?
In weather, the amount of water vapor in the air is called?
What is humidity?
A landform that affects climate by causing air to rise.
What are mountains?
Thunderstorms happen as a result of which type of weather front?
cold front
The cause of warmer temperatures at the equator?
Direct solar energy.
What causes global convection currents?
Uneven heating of the Earth's surface
What are the characteristics of a high-pressure system?
Clear skies and sun
A result of extra greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
What is climate change?
A natural disaster caused by the shaking of the Earth and not classified as a severe "weather" event.
What is an earthquake?
Indirect sunlight
A climate zone classified as very hot and humid near the equator.
What is a tropical climate?
What kind of weather would you expect in a low pressure system?
Cloudy/rainy conditions
Which type of air mass brings WARM and WET weather?
A marine tropical air mass.