Weather & Climate
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather-daily, sometimes hourly, changes in the sky and temperature
Climate-patterns of weather in a specific area over time
What is a topographic map?
A map that uses lines and shading to show the elevation of land.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection (accumulation)
What is the process by which rocks are broken down chemically or physically known as?
Weathering
A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
Island
What is the name of gaseous water?
Water vapor.
What type of view of the Earth does a topographic map give you?
Birds-eye view
Water heating from a liquid to a gas.
Evaporation
What can weather landforms?
Wind, water, and vegetation.
Lake
In which sphere does weather occur?
Atmosphere (weather occurs in the troposphere level of the atmosphere)
If you wanted to depict a mountain on a topographic map how would you do it?
Draw lines that form rings and have a circle in the middle.
Water cooling from a gas to a liquid.
Condensation
What is the removal and transport of weathered materials from one location to another?
A low area between hills and mountains often where a river flows.
Valley
Which type of precipitation occurs when water vapor turns directly into ice?
Snow
What is the name for the lines on a topographic map?
What powers the water cycle?
The Sun
When weathered materials are placed or dropped off in a new location it is called...
Deposition
What is the main source of water for the water cycle?
The ocean
How do clouds form?
Water condenses and attaches to dust particles in the sky.
A point in between lines that are close together.
Water that falls from the sky: snow, sleet, rain, hail.
Typically does it take a long time or a short time for things to be weathered down?
A long time
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