Water Cycle
Water falling back to Earth.
What is precipitation?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them. Looks similar to a blanket, six pack abs or hawaiian rolls. :)
What are stratus clouds?
This is the height a location is above sea level.
What is elevation?
The weather of a location over a long period of time
What is a climate?
Low air pressure predicts what type of weather?
What is precipitation or storms? (feeling low in low pressure because the weather is bad)
This is the distance a location is from the equator
What is latitude?
This zone includes the equator and has lots of rain and humidity.
What is the tropical zone?
High air pressure predicts what type of weather?
What is clear skies (high air pressure feeling happy because the weather is nice)
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky
What are cirrus clouds?
This type of precipitation is frozen from cloud to landing on the surface of the earth.
What is snow?
What is the temperate zone?
Warm, humid air has this type of air pressure.
What is low air pressure?
Clouds that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
Precipitation that is released as frozen, warms up in the atmosphere and then refreezes when it hits the surface of the earth is called this.
What is sleet?
What is the polar zone?
Cool, dry air has this type of air pressure
What is high air pressure?
When there is more water than the land can absorb.
What is runoff?
Updrafts in large cumulonimbus clouds cause this type of precipitation.
What is hail?
Name the three factors that determine a location's climate
What are latitude, proximity to water and elevation?
_____ air rises while ______ air sinks.
What is warm and cool