Humidity
This tool is used to measure humidity
What is a hygrometer
This tool is used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer
This tool measures wind speed
What is an anemometer / weather vane
This tool is used to measure air pressure
What is a Barometer
The Coriolis Effect states that things will naturally flow in what direction in the Southern Hemisphere
What is the left (counter-clockwise)
Provide 3 examples of precipitation
What is rain, snow, hail, sleet, humidity
Cold air molecules will move in what way?
What is slowly and close together
Winds that flow from the West to the East are known as
What is Westerlies
High air pressure will generally result in what type of weather
What is happy, fair weather
Likewise, low air pressure results in bad, lousy weather
Name one weather proverb
Example: What is "Red sky in morning, sailors take warning" or any other!
Where on earth does the most evaporation happen?
What is the ocean
In an isolated room, how will warm air move?
What is rise
The trade winds can be located in what general region on earth?
What is near the equator
As you increase in elevation, does the air pressure decrease, increase, or stay the same?
What is decrease
List the 7 continents in alphabetical order
What is Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America
Why are the most humid regions on found near the equator?
Because the Earth gets the most direct sunlight there it causes the evaporation of water and thus humidity increases
Water freezes at what Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit and 0 degrees Celsius
The trade winds flow from the _____ to the _____
What is East to the West
In which layer of the atmosphere do humans live?
What is the troposphere
List 4 biomes we learned about
What is polar, forest, desert, grasslands, aquatic
Define transpiration
What is water evaporating from the leaves of plants
Define Climate
What is the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
The four causes of wind are
What is air pressure, temperature, topography, Coriolis Effect
The common unit of measurement for air pressure is "PSI". What does this stand for?
What is Pounds per Square Inch
Convert the following:
150 kilometers to ____ centimeters
What is 15,000,000 centimeters