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Weather
Climate
Definitions
Storms
Climate Regions
100
Most of the world's weather occurs here.
What is TROPOSPHERE?
100
The sun's rays fall most directly at or near this location because the earth is round.
What is the EQUATOR?
100
The process that distributes the sun's heat throughout the world.
What is CONVECTION?
100
A belt of strong winds in the troposphere that separates cold (arctic) air from warm (equatorial) air.
What is JET STREAM?
100
These two factors are used to describe ALL Climate Regions.
What is TEMPERATURE & PRECIPITATION?
200
Heat is trapped near the earth and reflected back into space by this.
What is ATMOSPHERE?
200
The difference between weather and climate.
What is TIME?
200
The temperature and precipitation averaged over a long period of time that is expected in a place.
What is CLIMATE?
200
This happens when cooler air cannot retain all its vapor.
What is PRECIPITATION?
200
Temperatures are always cold in this region.
What is TUNDRA?
300
The ultimate source of the earth's climates and life on earth that drives all weather.
What is the SUN?
300
This physical feature affects surrounding climates because their temperatures are slow to change.
What are LARGE BODIES OF WATER (oceans & large lakes)?
300
The temperature and precipitation that you get (based on a short period of time).
What is WEATHER?
300
A weather zone formed by the meeting of two air mases of different temperatures.
What is a FRONT.
300
This (also referred to as distance from the equator) is used by geographers to establish three different climate zones.
What is LATITUDE?
400
The result of warm air weighing less than cold air.
What is LOW pressure?
400
The mid latitude climate zone which experiences four seasons.
What is TEMPERATE?
400
Winds and ocean currents do not move in a straight line because of this.
What is the CORIOLIS effect.
400
A violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is a TORNADO?
400
Another name for the low latitude climate zone where it is hot year round.
What is TROPICS?
500
The result of cool air being heavier than warm air.
What is HIGH pressure?
500
The basis on which all climate regions are classified
What is TEMPERATURE and PRECIPITATION?
500
Regions of light wind near the Equator.
What are DOLDRUMS?
500
The reason death and damage from hurricanes has decreased dramatically since the 1940s.
What is TECHNOLOGY, BETTER PREDICTION, and APPLICATION OF LESSONS LEARNED?
500
Another name for the cold, high latitude cimate zone.
What is POLAR?