Climate or Weather
Today is much colder than yesterday.
Weather
What is climate?
The usual weather in a place over a long period of time
What is weather?
The current amospheric conditions in a place at a particular time.
What is the "engine" that powers the water cycle.
The Sun
What is the name of the method we used to conduct our water cycle experiment?
The Scientific Method
San Diego, CA has very mild winters.
Climate
What is the climate in Denver, CO?
Semiarid Steppe
What is the name of the imaginary line that circles the earth and is the warmest section of our planet?
The Equator (Tropical)
Define the water cycle.
The movement of water on, above and below the Earth's surface.
What is the name of our question we came up with (will we see the water cycle in action?) during the scientific method process?
Hypothesis
Denver received more snow this decade than in past decades.
Climate.
What is the climate in the Amazon jungle?
Tropical
What is the name of the scientist on the news that tells us about the weather?
Meteorologist
Water falls to the earth in these four different ways
1. rain
2. snow
3. sleet
4. hail
Water vapor cools and becomes liquid (like on a window or glass of ice water)
Condensation
It is sunny and warm today.
Weather
What two factors determine an area's climate?
Typical temperature and precipitation
What is the word we use here in the USA to measure the temperature?
(degrees) Farenheit
During what process do plants release water back to the environment?
Transpiration
What is the name of the climate type that contains the coldest weather on our planet?
Polar - North and South Pole
Antarctica always has frigid temperatures.
Climate.
How is climate different from weather?
Climate is the typical long-term conditions (you expect) and weather is day to day.
What are the six elements of weather?
1. temperature
2. wind
3. humidity
4. cloudiness
5. air pressure
6. precipitation
The heating of liquid water into water vapor.
Evaporation
What does humidity mean? Is it humid in Colorado?
The amount of water in the air.
It is not humid in Colorado