Weather and Climate
This refers to the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time.
What is weather?
These high, wispy clouds precede a change in the weather
What are cirrus clouds?
Organisms that must eat other plants or animals for energy
What are consumers (aka omnivores, carnivores, and herbivores)?
This tool is used to measure air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This refers to the average weather conditions over a long period of time.
What is climate?
These puffy clouds are often associated with fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
Organisms like fungi and bacteria
What are decomposers?
This tool is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Name three types of extreme weather.
What are tornadoes, hurricanes, severe thunderstorms?
These flat clouds are often associated with overcast conditions and light rain or drizzle.
What are stratus clouds?
Organisms that can make their own food
What are producers (aka plants)?
This tool is used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
Term given to the air surrounding the earth
What is atmosphere?
These towering clouds can produce thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The two types of animal adaptations
What are physical and behavioral?
This tool is used to measure rainfall.
What is a rain gauge?
Ways in which weather conditions can affect ecosystems.
What is damage habitats, kill organisms, and/or change the availability of resources.
The difference between high pressure and low pressure air masses and the weather associated with each.
What is clockwise vs. counter clockwise circulation and fair weather vs. stormy weather?
This diagram shows the direction of energy flow in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
The two scales used to measure degrees in temperature.
What are Celsius and Fahrenheit?