Weather and Climate 1
Weather and Climate 2
Weather Instruments
Farmers and Animals
True or False
100

What is Precipitation?

 Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth

100

What is Humidity 

The amount of moisture in the air at a given temperature

100

What is this and what does it measure?

Wind Vane: direction of wind

100

Why do farmers need to know the weather?

Prepare for bad weather conditions (hail storms, tornados, etc)

100

Tornados occur over the water

False: Hurricanes

warm water evaporates, rises with warm air, hits cold air at high elevations and condenses into clouds.As water vapour rises/falls/condenses, it swirls into a GIANT storm

200

Name 4 elements of weather?

Wind, sunlight, cloud cover, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation 

200

How does altitude effect temperature?

It gets colder the higher you are in altitude.

200

What is this and what does it measure?

thermometer: air temperature


200

A bear hibernating (sleeping over the winter) signals a change in what?

(weather, seasons, temperature, its cave)

Season

200

Earthquakes are a weather event

False: earthquakes are caused by the earth's tectonic plates shifting

300

Climate/Weather happens over a short period of time. 

Weather

300

Name 3 global climate zones. There are 5.

Tropical, dry, temperate, continental, polar 

300

What is this and what does it do?

Anemometer: measures wind speed 

300

Bees returning to the hive signals a change in?

(weather, climate, seasons, honey)

Weather. Bees return when they sense the weather will change. (eg. storm)

300

Blizzards are caused by cold air, low pressure systems, mountains or another obstacle to help produce winds.

True

400

What causes wind?

Shifting air pressure: high to low pressure

400

What climate zone does Calgary reside in?

Continental

400

What is the device called that measures moisture in the air?

Hygrometer

400

What is conservation agriculture?

When farmers use methods to protect soil, and improve crop/plant production.

This includes: crop rotation, soil protection, reducing soil disturbance

400

Fog is caused by hot sun.

False: fog is caused when water droplets condense in the air that stay suspended from cold air.

500

Explain the main difference between weather and climate

Weather is the atmospheric condition over a short period of time and climate is over a long period of time (average weather pattern of 30years)
500

What climate zone am I?

Low humidity, few plants and animals, 

Low rainfall, varying temperature

Dry Climate: dessert

500

What is the device that measures air pressure called?

Barometer

500

Describe how a type of weather could be good or bad for farmers? (e.g. rain)

Enough rain helps plants grow. Too much, drowns plants/crops.

500

Thunderstorms form when cold, dry air rises into warm air. The cold air becomes warmer and forms small water droplets. The warm air drops, warms, and rises again. This rising and falling air creates a thunderstorm.

False:

Thunderstorms form when warm, moist air rises into cold air. The warm air becomes cooler and forms small water droplets. The cooled air drops, warms, and rises again. This rising and falling air creates a thunderstorm.