Water Cycle
Water Cycle cont.
Climate
Weather
Weather and Climate😎
100
Water turning from vapor into rain droplets.
What is condensation?
100
List the steps of the water cycle.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, accumulation
100
The pattern of temperature and precipitation over several decades.
What is climate?
100
What is the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure?
Wind
100
- Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of weather condition?
A) desert
B) tornado
C) hurricane
D) thunderstorm
What is desert
200
Describe transpiration
The exhalation of water vapor through plant leaves.
200
The process of water vapor from evaporation combining with dust a losing energy to form clouds.
What is condensation?
200
True or false. Meteorologists can use patterns in climate to help make predictions.
True
200
a pattern of temperature and precipitation over weeks, days or a year most likely describes what?
An area's weather
200
What weather tool measures the amount of rainfall in a given location?
What is a rain gauge?
300
The main component of the water cycle that the sun causes.
What is evaporation?
300
True or false: The water cycle continues on and on.
True
300
The sun's energy drives the _______, which determines precipitation. In this way, the sun influences climate of a given region.
water cycle
300
Thunderstorms are common near the equator, what is the primary source of the movement that causes storms?
heating by energy from the sun
300
A map shows hurricane Andrew in May in Miami in 1992. Is it depicting the climate of Miami or the weather?
The weather condition of Miami because it shows the precipitation over a few days.
400
What is the driving force of the water cycle?
What is the sun
400
What processes put water vapor into the atmosphere?
evaporation, transpiration and sublimation
400
Tropical zones along the equator tend to be humid, warm and have lots of precipitation. why is this?
They are exposed to more sunlight, causing warm water to evaporate and precipitate more frequently.
400
The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at any given point.
What is relative humidity?
400
Who studies and reports weather and climate changes?
meteorologists
500
Evaporation and precipitation are ______ in the atmosphere; if evaporation increases, precipitation _______.
balanced; increases
500
Rain, sleet, snow and hail are some examples of this.
What is precipitation?
500
What is wind direction
500
What does climate mean?
What is climate is the average weather conditions over a long period of time:.
500
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is the natural conditions of the sky, precipitation, wind direction, wind speed, temperature, air pressure, and relative humidity in a specific area in an approximate 24 hour radius, whereas climate is the same thing, only it is the regular pattern of a specific area in a 2-Henry's Age (10) period of time. 😎