Weather 1
Weather is
What is the Day to Day variation (change) in the condition of the atmosphere locally? The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
This measures the amount of precipitation that falls in one location.
What is a rain gauge?
Atmosphere is defined as
What is the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth?
The typical weather in a location over a long period
What is climate?
An estimate of future weather conditions
What is a weather forecast?
The measure of how warm or cool the air is.
What is temperature
This tool is used to measure wind speed and direction.
What is an anemometer?
The number of layers the earth has surrounding it
What is 5?
Climatologists study the weather patterns of a location for a certain amount of time to determine an area's climate
What is 30 years?
This refers to the weight of the air molecules pressing down on us.
What is air pressure?
Water that falls from the clouds as liquid or solid
What is precipitation?
A barometer is used to
What is measures the changes in the air pressure?
True or false?
The day-to-day weather on Earth changes because the atmosphere is constantly changing
What is True?
The Earth has this many major climate zones
What is 3?
This system is often associated with more precipitation and cooler weather.
What is a low-pressure system?
Scientists who study weather patterns to predict what weather is coming.
What are meteorologists?
An anemometer is a tool a meteorologist uses to
What is measure wind direction and wind speed?
Most clouds are formed in this layer and almost all weather occurs in this layer
What is the troposphere?
This climate zone typically has four seasons, spring, summer, and fall
What is the Temperate Climate Zone?
This system is generally associated with calm, fair weather.
What is a high-pressure system?
There are four types of precipitation.
What is rain, hail, sleet, snow?
This measures the temperature in a certain location.
What is a thermometer?
This is the second layer of the atmosphere and where the ozone layer exists
What is the stratosphere?
The north and south poles are located near this climate zone.
What is the Polar Climate Zone?
4 factors that affect weather
What is temperature, cloudiness, moisture, air pressure, wind speed and direction