Severe Weather
Climate
Climate Zones
Weather and Climate
Climate Factors
100
A severe weather event that typically has lots of rain, wind, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Name the 2 factors that are recorded to determine climate.
Temperature and Precipitation
100
This climate zone is located in the middle, containing moderate temperature and precipitation.
What is temperate/mid latitude?
100
The main difference between climate and weather.
What is the length of time?
100
This refers to the falling of water molecules, whether they be in solid or liquid form.
What is precipitation?
200
A sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike
What is thunder?
200
Why is it possible to have different seasons at the Northern and Southern hemisphere?
Because the Earth is tilted on its axis.
200
What is the total number of climate zones in the world?
6
200
This front is represented by this figure.
What is a stationary front?
200
This type of model is used by meteorologists to determine multiple factors, including temperature, wind speed/direction, pressure, dew point, and weather type.
What is a weather station model?
300
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?
300
This climate zone is located near the equator.
Tropical climate zone
300
A climate zone that typically has very harsh winters and very cold climates.
What is a polar climate?
300
In weather, the amount of water vapor in the air is called?
What is humidity?
300
This is issued when the conditions of the weather are prominent to produce a tornado, yet a tornado has not been formed yet.
What is a tornado watch?
400
Thunderstorms happen as a result of which type of weather front?
cold front
400
The cause of warmer temperatures at the equator?
Direct solar energy.
400
This type of graph is used to determine the climate of an area.
What is a climograph?
400
What are the characteristics of a high-pressure system?
Clear skies and sun
400
Gasses in the atmosphere that cause a warming affect in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gasses?
500
This type of storm is a cyclic storm that forms over the Indian Ocean.
What is a cyclone?
500
Why is it colder at the poles?
Indirect sunlight
500
A climate zone classified as very hot and humid near the equator.
What is a tropical climate?
500
What kind of weather would you expect in a low pressure system?
Cloudy/rainy conditions
500
This instrument is used to record air pressure.
What is a barometer?