Symbols
Weather or Climate?
Vocabulary
Severe Weather
Climate Factors
100
H
What is high pressure
100
98 degrees with sunny skies at 4:00 p.m.
What is weather?
100
Brings clear, sunny skies
What is high pressure
100
Type of storm associated with a cold front; might include heavy rain, lightning and hail
What is thunderstorm?
100
What is the most important factor that influences climate?
Latitude
200
L
What is low pressure
200
Six Flags is less fun in July because of the heat and humidity.
What is Climate?
200
Brings cooler temps and stormy weather
What is cold front?
200
2 types of frozen precipitation associated with winter storms.
What are sleet and snow?
200
Mississippi climate zone
What is Temperate
300
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What is cold front
300
A cold front will move through this weekend, increasing the chance of thunderstorms.
What is weather?
300
Brings warmer weather and steady precipitation
What is warm front?
300
Large storm that forms over the ocean caused by areas of low pressure.
What is hurricane?
300
Climates located far from the equator have what type of climates?
Cold
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What is warm front
400
Moderate rainfall and temperatures year-round.
What is climate?
400
Why does the weather stay the same for several days with a stationary front?
What is neither air mass takes over so the don't move.
400
Electrical discharges between the atmosphere and the ground.
What is lightning?
400
How are weather and climate different?
Weather describes current conditions and climate describes averaged conditions over a long period of time.
500
stationary front symbol
Answer with a drawing
500
Mediterranean...
What is Climate?
500
Large body of air that form over oceans near the equator - looking for two descriptive words to describe the air mass....
What is Tropical Maritime?
500
Type of severe weather that causes the most annual deaths in the U.S.
What is flash flooding?
500
How is it possible that there would be snow on high mountains that are located near the equator where it is very warm?
Because the higher the elevation, the colder the temperature.