Effects on Climate
Seasons
Water Cycle
Clouds
Vocabulary
100

True or false: Locations close to large bodies of water have larger ranges in their yearly average temperatures. 

False

100

This season experiences the most indirect sunlight. 

Winter

100

True or false: The water we have on Earth today is all the water Earth will ever have.

True

100

Fair weather clouds

Cumulus

100

0 degrees latitude 

The equator

200
What happens to temperature as you move up higher in elevation?

Temperature decreases; it gets colder

200

Where on Earth receives the most direct sunlight?

The Equator

200

The 4 types of precipitation are

Rain, sleet, snow, hail

200

These clouds blanket the sky

Stratus

200
When the sun heats liquid water, and transforms into a gas (water vapor) 

Evaporation 

300

Between water and land, which takes longer to heat up?

Water

300

Why does Earth have seasons?

Because of the tilt of the earth on its axis

300

An example of accumulation 

Puddles, lakes, rivers, ponds, oceans

300

The 3 main types of clouds

Cirrus, cumulus, stratus 

300

One half of the Earth

Hemisphere

400

List 3 effects on climate that we have discussed.

Latitude, amount of sunlight, proximity to water, and altitude. 

400

If it is winter in Australia (southern hemisphere), what season is in Germany (northern hemisphere)?

Summer

400

When plants "sweat"

Transpiration

400

These clouds signal that the weather will be changing soon.

Cirrus 

400
As water vapor moves higher into the atmosphere and cools. This is called ________. 

Condensation 

500

As elevation increases, and air molecules move higher into the atmosphere, what to they do?

They spread/move further apart

500

During the year, the amount of daylight changes (midnight sun and polar nights) most where? 

The North and South Pole

500
The study of water and how it moves about the Earth is called what?

Hydrology

500

Clouds that produce heavy thunderstorms

Cumulonimbus 

500
Water that flows underground

Subsurface runoff