Water Cycle
When water cools down from vapor and turns back into a liquid. (Clouds)
What is Condensation?
What the air feels like right now outside/ how it looks outside right now.
What is weather?
Which month receives the most precipitation?
October
What does a rain gauge do?
It measures the amount of rain in an area.
Which is an example of non severe weather?
Hurricane, Tornado, a light rain
a light rain
When water heats up and turns into water vapor.
What is Evaporation?
A pattern of weather in an area.
What is climate?
What month has the lowest average temperature in New York?
January
It measures the temperature at a location.
What is a thermometer?
Which is an example of severe weather?
Tornado, Snow, Rain
Tornado
When clouds get too heavy or cold the water inside of them falls back down to the ground in the from of rain, sleet, snow, hail, etc.
What is Precipitation?
If I said, "it is usually cold in January here." is that weather or climate?
Climate because climate is what you expect
Which month is the coldest in Sydney, Australia?
July
What does a wind vane do?
It shows the direction of wind.
Give an example of severe weather.
Tornado, Hurricane, flooding, thunderstorms
Where water is stored until it is evaporated again.
Like the ocean, a lake or groundwater.
What is Collection?
If I said "it is raining outside right now." Is that weather or climate?
Weather because weather is what you get.
Which location receives more precipitation in February?
Kansas City, United States
What does a barometer do?
It measures air pressure.
A town has a problem with flooding. To fix this problem they build a walmart. Will this fix the problem?
No building a walmart will not fix flooding.
If a cup of water was left in the desert for a long time what will happen to the water inside of it?
It will evaporate because of the heat.
Give one example of weather and climate
Weather: It is cold today
Climate: It is usually hot in July
What month has an average precipitation of 1.5 inches?
August?
What does an anemometer do?
It measures wind speed.
A town has a problem with Hurricanes, to fix this problem they build flood walls to separate their town from the ocean. Will this help the problem? why or why not?
Yes it will help because the hurricane might not cause as much flooding.