The Seasons
This is what causes seasons.
What is the earth's axis (tilt)?
Rain, hail, snow and sleet are all forms of this.
What is precipitation?
Salinity increases this aspect of the ocean.
What is density?
This helps to keep the polar region cold and in turn to moderate global climate.
What is sea ice?
This is the Latin Root word meaning "to cause or make".
What is "ate"?
These are the regions that receive the most direct sunlight throughout the year.
What is the regions near the equator? Or, the "tropical regions"?
This is what causes evaporation.
What is thermal energy?
The melting of these causes salinity to decrease.
What are glaciers?
This causes sea ice to melt.
What is thermal energy?
This is the Latin Root Word meaning, "air or vapor".
What is "atmo"?
When it is winter in the southern hemisphere, this is the season in the northern hemisphere.
What is summer?
These are the two main drivers of the water cycle.
What is the sun and gravity?
Salinity is _________ in areas where precipitation is greater than evaporation, mainly in regions near the coast and near the equator.
What is LOW
True or false: Warm air is more dense than cool air.
What is FALSE? Warm air is LESS dense than cool air.
This is the latin Root word meaning, "place".
What is, "loc"?
These are the regions that experience the least direct amount of sunlight.
What are the polar regions?
During this step of the water cycle, water changes from a solid state to a gas state.
What is sublimation?
The formula for density is this.
What is D = m/v?
This refers to a significant change in the average weather in a location over 30 years or more, including changes in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns.
What is climate change?
This is the Latin Root Word meaning, "round"
What is "sphere"?
This means a period of time characterized by specific weather patterns and by the length of day and night.
What is a season?
This water cycle process returns water to earth's surface. This is the only "input" in the system.
What is precipitation?
These are the patch of flowing ocean water that push warm and cold water to different parts of the planet.
What are ocean currents?
These are three factors that influence a region's climate.
This is the Latin Root Word meaning, "steam".
What is "vapo"?