Weather
This is the place where all weather happens.
Atmosphere
What is hail?
When precipitation falls as lumps of ice
What climate type is the majority of Spain?
Inland Mediterranean
What instrument do we use to measure temperature
A thermometer
This is how hot or cold it is
The temperature
What are the three climate zones?
Hot zone, Temperate Zone, Cold Zone
What are three types of extreme weather?
Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Blizzards, Hail, Heatwaves, Floods
What climate type has the southern coast of Spain got?
Coastal Mediterranean
What climate zone is Spain in?
Temperate
What are the three types of precipitation?
Rain, Snow, Hail
Which climate zone experiences all 4 seasons?
Temperate
Natural processes in the atmopshere
What climate type is the where the highest elevations/altitudes are in Spain?
Mountain Climate
Name a type of warning system a country uses to prepare for extreme weather.
What instrument do we use to measure rainfall?
Rain gauge
What are the two causes of the climate zones?
Earth´s tilt and Earth´s rotation around the sun
What is extreme weather?
What two climate types has the Canary Islands got?
Subtropical Climate, and Coastal Mediterranean
In the past, when people didn´t have instruments to measure weather, what did they do to try to predict weather?
Look to nature.
Watching the color of the sky and the shape of clouds. Watching animals behavior.
What are the three main elements of weather?
Temperature, Precipitation, and Wind
The hot zone is between these two Tropics.
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
How do countries preare for extreme weather?
With a warning system.
What climate type has the north of Spain got?
Oceanic climate
What agency in Spain collects weather data?
AEMET, Agencia Estatal de Meterologia