Climate
What is climate determined by?
Temperature, Precipitation, Vegitation
What are clouds made of?
Water vapor, dust particles
What type of pollution comes from a known source?
Point source pollution
True or False: All tornados reach the ground
false
Counterclockwise
What factors can influence climate?
Altitude, Latitude, How close it is to water
What occurs when cloud droplets collide to form larger droplets?
Coalescence
What type of pollution comes from multiple points and may be unknown?
Non-Point source pollution
Where should you go if a tornado begins to develop?
Lower ground
what marks areas of equal air pressure?
Any form of water that falls from Earth's surface
Precipitation
What type of cloud appears when there is heavy rain or snow
Nimbostratus cloud
A colorless, odorless gas that can be produced by cows
Methane
What temperatures make up a tornado?
Warm air and cold air
Where are the winds most violent during a tropical cyclone?
Eyewall
The boundary between air masses of different temperatures
Name The Cloud:
sheetlike-layed cloud that can form when a layer of moist air is above a layer of cool air
Stratus Cloud
What type of pollution can occur prominently in urban areas and contain smoke, dust, and greenhouses gases
Smog
What elements increase when a tornado is forming?
What wind speed does a category 1 cyclone form at?
74MPH
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is an event that occurs over a short span of time or a recent time
Climate pertains to an overall and average weather that has happened over a longer period
What kind of weather comes with cumulonimbus clouds?
Thunderstorms, rain, hail
What is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere?
What signal refers to a tornado maybe happening?
Tornado Watch
What was the most deadliest hurricane to make landfall?
The Great Galveston Hurricane