Weather and Climate 1
What is Precipitation?
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth
What is Relative Humidity
The amount of moisture in a parcel of air at a given temperature
Why do we have wind?
What is the shifting of high pressure to low pressure?
What kind of front has red half circles?
What is a warm front?
What kind of front has blue triangles as the symbol?
What is a cold front?
What are 4 elements of weather?
Wind, sunlight, cloud cover, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation
What is precipitation?
What is the condensation of water vapor from the atmosphere?
What instrument measures the air pressure?
What is a barometer?
What is latitude?
Imaginary parallel lines in distance from the equator
Who makes weather forecasts on the news?
Meteorologists
_____________ is the temporary state of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
Weather
_________ is the general state of the atmosphere in a place over a long period of time.
Climate
What instrument measures the wind direction?
Wind vane or wind sock
What is altitude?
The height of an object above sea level.
Weather
True or False- Weather changes constantly.
True
True or False- Climate takes many years to change.
True.
What characteristic of the ocean influences our climate?
What is the ocean's currents?
What kind of clouds are formed during a cold front?
What is a Cumulonimbus?
Explain how altitude affect temperature and in turn affect weather conditions
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Explain the main difference between weather and climate
Explain what the cause of an occluded front is.
Correct explanation
What instrument measures precipitation?
Rain gauge
What are the three climate zones?
Tropical, temperate, and polar
Explain how latitude affects temperature and in turn affects weather and climate
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