Severe Weather
What is a long period with very little precipitation (rain).
Drought
Has there been many long ice ages?
True or False
False, because God made the earth it has short ice ages
What is a person who studies weather called?
Meteorologists.
Why do we need weather predictions?
To warn us of the weather coming that we can prepare accordingly.
What is the condition of the air at a certain time and place.
Weather!
What is when water overflows and covers homes?
Flood
Why does climate change?
Changes in the sun's energy. (Becomes warmer when it gives off more energy, colder when there is less). volcanoes, dust forms and forest fires.
anemometer
How have humans impacted the warming of the earth? How can we help?
What is water frozen into tiny pellets?
Sleet.
What is it called when there is a change in weather patterns over many years?
climate change
How did the flood affect our climate?
It changed and caused lots of rain and snow, even glaciers.
Used to measure temperature
thermometer
How do we know that the earth will not be too warm for people to live on?
God has designed it to stay the perfect temperature. It will change in patterns.
Snow.
What is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane?
A tornado is a funnel-shaped cloud (on land) and a hurricane is in the sky a fast-moving storm. The safest place is the eye.
What climate zone do we live in? Describe it?
Temperate, 4 seasons in North America.
Used to measure rain
Rain Gauge
Label the Water Cycle
Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation
evaporation, precipitation, condensation
Water frozen in large pellets that fall from the sky?
hail
What is snowstorm with strong winds and hard to see?
Blizzard!
Name the three climate zones and describe them, in order on the globe!
polar, temperate, tropical
Used to measure direction of the weather
weathervane
How does the sun or atmosphere affect our climate?
Sun heats air causing it to move, the weather takes place in the atmosphere, effects the weather, and perfect temperatures for people to live. Protects the earth like a blanket.
Name as many of the kinds of clouds as you remember!
Stratus
Fog
Cumulus
Cirrus