Weather & Climate
The conditions of the atmosphere in a particular place at a particular time
What is weather?
What does a red capital H mean on a weather map?
What is a High Pressure system?
This sphere contains all of the water on Earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
This air mass has warm, moist air.
What is maritime tropical?
What types of colors tend to reflect the sun's energy?
What are lighter colors?
68 Degrees with sun is an example of weather or climate?
What is weather?
What does a semi cirlce represent on a weather map?
This sphere contains clouds and gases on Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
This air mass has cool, moist air.
What is maritime, polar?
This term is known as the Earth's ability to reflect light.
What is albedo?
The average of the weather in a location over 30 years or more
What is climate?
What does a blue capital L represent on a weather map?
What is a low pressure system?
This sphere contains all living organisms on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
This air mass has bitterly cold, dry air.
What is continental artic?
A(n) ___________ is a large body of air that has a similar temperature and humidity throughout.
What is an air mass?
True or false. Climate is the average weather conditions for a 2 year time period.
What is false?
What does a blue triangle on a weather map mean?
What is a cold front?
This sphere contains all of the rocks, minerals and sand/dirt on Earth.
What is the geosphere?
This air mass has warm, dry air.
What is continental tropical?
This happens in fluids, where warmer, less dense fluids rise, which allows cooler, more dense fluids to sink.
What is convection?
Describe what the climate is like in the amazon rainforest?
What is humid, warm, moist/wet.
What is maritime, tropical?
This sphere is where the water cycle happens.
What is the hydrosphere?
What type of temperatures are associated with warm air massses?
Molecules in the atmosphere that absorb thermal energy from the sun and warm Earth’s surface and atmosphere are called
What is a greenhouse gas?