WATER CYCLE
The energy from the water cycle comes from _______________.
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The Sun
The average weather pattern of an area over time is called ___________.
Climate
A weather instrument that measure air temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius is a _________________.
Thermometer
This climate zone has temps usually high in summer and lower during winter.
Temperate
The driest, sunniest biome that gets less than 10 inches of rain a year is a ________________.
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Desert
Process of water vapor leaving a plant and entering the atmosphere is __________________.
Transpiration
The daily condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, humidity, and precipitation is called _____________.
Weather
A clear cylinder that catches rain to measure precipitation in inches or centimeters is a __________________.
Rain gauge
This climate zone has temps that are below freezing, slightly warmer in the summer, very little precipitation and made mostly of ice and glaciers.
Polar
This biome is hot, wet, and humid. It is known as "lungs of the planet" because they produce about 20% of Earth's oxygen.
Rainforest
The process of changing from a gas to a liquid; examples are clouds forming and drops forming on drinking glasses and windows.
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Condensation
A weather ____________ is the boundary where two large air masses (pockets of warm or cold air) meet that can cause weather changes like rain, storms, or temperature shifts.
Front
A hygrometer measures ________________.
Humidity
This climate zone goes from the Tropic of Cancer, (23.5°N) to the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 S) and has high temps and high humidity.
Tropical
This is the coldest, harshest environment on Earth and has frozen soil known as permafrost.
Tundra
Water falling to the Earth’s surface in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow is called ____________________.
Precipitation
The amount of water vapor in the air is called ________________.
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Humidity
A weather instruments that measures air (atmospheric) pressure in a _____________________.
Barometer
Geographical areas that have similar weather patterns are called _______________.
Climate Zones
This biome stays wet all the time and is found on every continent except Antarctica.
Wetlands
The process of changing from a liquid to a gas; usually caused by energy from the sun is called ____________________.
EVvaporation
3 factors that can affect weather are ___________________________.
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Latitude
Elevation
Bodies of water
An ________________ measures wind speed.
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Anemometer
Parallel lines that circle the globe and measure the distance from the equator are called lines of ______________________.
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Latitude
This biome is has four seasons and is famous for deciduous trees like oaks and maples that lose their leaves
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Deciduous Temperate Forest