Vocabulary
Define the term: evaporation
What is the changing of a liquid to a gas by heat
The five characteristics of weather
What are precipitation, wind speed/direction, humidity, air pressure, and temperature
The interaction of Earth's water between the surface and the atmosphere through heating and cooling
What is the water cycle
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
The biome that is submerged underwater
What is aquatic biome
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is precipitation
The climate zones that have year round high temperatures and humidity
What are the tropical climate zones
Precipitation that falls above 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Barometer reading increases
What is air pressure increases
This biome has the following plants and animals:
Plants: tall trees, flowers, ferns
Animals: monkeys, snakes, frogs
What is the rainforest
The process in which water vapor cools to form a liquid again
What is condensation
T/F: Warm places near the ocean have a milder climate than warm places not near a body of water
What is true
Explain why the sun is important to the water cycle
What is the sun provides the heat energy that drives the water cycle
Fair weather clouds
What are cirrus clouds
This biome has mild rain, a cold season and warm season, tall grasses and few trees
What is the grassland
Explain the difference between the two terms: weather & climate
What is weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place. Climate is the weather conditions over a long period of time
Predict the weather: air pressure is dropping
What is stormy weather is coming
Find the range:
High Temp- 85 degrees F
Low Temp- 67 degrees F
What is 18 degrees
What is a thermometer
This biome is a cold desert
What is the tundra
Explain how the terms are related: latitude & climate zones
What is as you move north and south latitude, you experience different climate zones. Warm climate zones are near the equator and colder climate zones are farther away
Describe each climate zone
What is the polar climate zones are cold and has very few plants and animals. The temperate climate zones experience all the seasons. The tropical climate zones are hot and humid year round.
Majority of evaporation occurs here
What is the ocean near the equator
What are cumulonimbus clouds
This makes a biome a desert
What is little to no precipitation