Types of Climates
Reading Climographs
Ocean Currents
Weather Systems
5-Letter Words
Body Parts Everywhere
100
A climate with warm stable temperatures year round.
What is tropical?
100
The month with the highest average rainfall in Rio de Janeiro based on the climograph below.
What is January?
100
The prevailing wind pattern that would be used to sail from Connecticut to France.
What are the westerlies?
100
Large spiral storms that form from the interaction between trade winds and westerlies in the Northern Hemisphere.
What are Hurricanes or Typhoons?
100
A woman's handbag, or what you do with your lips before kissing
What is "purse"?
100
Along the side of the road: this area is less pleasantly known as the breakdown lane
What is the shoulder?
200
A climate with warm summers and cool winters that don't go below freezing.
What is subtropical?
200
The month with the highest average temperature in Dubai based on the climograph below.
What is August?
200
The name for a large looping surface current.
What is a gyre?
200
Large spiral storms that form from the interaction between trade winds and westerlies in the Southern Hemisphere.
What are Cyclones?
200
Favorite tool of dentists, sergeant majors, and carpenters.
What is "drill"?
200
On your shoe: this flap of material that keeps the laces from rubbing you the wrong way
What is a tongue?
300
A climate where temperatures never raise above freezing.
What is polar?
300
The type of climate in Stockholm based on the climograph below.
What is temperate?
300
The name for cold nutrient rich water from the bottom of the ocean that is pushed back up to the surface.
What is upwelling?
300
A pattern of weather caused by stronger than usual trade winds that pushes warm water away from the US west coast and increases upwelling.
What is La Nina?
300
A police wagon, rice field, or UFC fighter Pimblett.
What is "Paddy"?
300
On a needle: The open part at the end that is famously difficult to get the thread through before sewing.
What is an eye?
400
A climate that is warm in the summer and below freezing in the winter.
What is temperate?
400
The average temperature during the month of March in Vegas based on the climograph below.
What is 59 oF or 15 oC?
400
When surface water makes it to the poles and freezes, the water that remains liquid sinks because it contains more of this than the surrounding water.
What is salt?
400
El Nino typically leads to excessive rainfall and flooding in this part of the United States.
What is the Southern United States?
400
Shoot from afar, verbally berate, or a wading bird like the one shown below.
What is "snipe"?
400
Inside your umbrella: these flexible rods providing structure & shape.
What are the ribs?
500
A climate where temperatures only go above freezing for a short time in the summer.
What is subpolar?
500
The type of climate in Sydney based on the climograph below.
What is subtropical?
500
The approximate line of latitude where the trade winds and westerlies meet and run parallel to each other in opposite directions.
What is 25-30o?
500
This stage of the ENSO weather cycle typically has a strong negative effect on the South and Central American fishing industries.
+100 bonus points if you can tell me why.
What is El Nino?
500
To fake or falsify the numbers, or a soft chocolate candy.
What is "fudge"?
500
In a sandwich: Something you might give to an annoying younger sibling.
What is a knuckle?