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Weather
Climate
Heat Transfer
Severe Weather
Misc.
100
This is the condition of the atmosphere in a particular place, at a particular time.
What is weather?
100
A description of the pattern of weather over many years
What is climate?
100
This is the type of heat transfer from the sun to earth
What is radiation?
100
This can happen if a great amount of precipitation is received in a short amount of time.
What is flooding?
100
How are clouds formed?
What is condensation?
200
Weather is powered by the energy from this object
What is the sun?
200
These are the two factors that determine climate
What is temperature and precipitation?
200
This is the type of heat transfer that occurs when you touch something hot
What is conduction?
200
This is a storm with thunder and lightning, and heavy rain
What is a thunderstorm?
200
This is the climate characteristics of a small, specific area that may be different from the larger surrounding areas
What is microclimate?
300
The 4 ways to describe weather
What is sunny, raining, windy, clear skies?
300
These are the two factors that affect precipitation
What is prevailing winds and mountain ranges?
300
This is the type of heat transfer that keeps attics warmer than basements in a house
What is convection?
300
This is a destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having a funnel shaped cloud
What is a tornado?
300
These are gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane, that trap heat in the atmosphere
What are Greenhouse Gases?
400
This would happen to the weather if the sun didn't exist
What is it would stop?
400
These are the four factors that affect temperature
What is latitude, ocean currents, altitude, and distance from bodies of water?
400
These are the type of electromagnetic waves coming from the sun that are felt as heat
What is infrared waves?
400
This is a tropical cyclone with violent winds
What is a hurricane?
400
A location that is high up on the windward side of a mountain has this type of climate
What is wet and cold?
500
This person uses technology to predict the weather to report it on the news
What is a meteorologist?
500
This factor affects temperature the most
What is altitude?
500
This is the type of heat transfer that occurs when you touch something that is cold
What is conduction?
500
Evacuation, moving to higher ground, and securing windows is a way to prepare for this severe weather event
What is a hurricane?
500
Temperatures are kept moderate at this type of location.
What is near bodies of water?