Water Cycle
Weather
Weather Tools
Climate
Factors of Climate
100
The part of the water cycle where water evaporates into gas
What is Evaporation?
100
day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature, precipitation, and other factors
What is Weather?
100
An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
What is a Barometer?
100
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
What is Climate?
100
Distance north or south of the equator. Temps are warmer closer to equator (more DIRECT sun)
What is latitude?
200
liquid to solid
What is Freezing?
200
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is Humidity?
200
An instrument used to measure wind speed
What is an Anemometer?
200
A tropical storm that develops over tropical oceans with winds more than 120 km/h that spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center
What is a Hurricane?
200
height above sea level (temps decrease with elevation)
What is elevation?
300
water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
What is Runoff?
300
The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface
What is Air Pressure?
300
an instrument for measuring the humidity of the air
What is a Hygrometer?
300
A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface.
What is a Tornado?
300
Location near a body of water moderates temperature, meaning the temperatures remain fairly constant (no extremes). Usually rainfall is higher near bodies of water as well.
What is Proximity to Body of Water?
400
The process in which a gas turns directly into a solid (skipping the liquid state)
What is Deposition?
400
temperature at which air is saturated and condensation begins
What is Dew Point?
400
An instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation.
What is a Rain Gauge?
400
The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and air currents. This causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere. (SEE PICTURE)
What is the Coriolis effect?
400
Wind always blows from _________
What is high to low air pressure?
500
Another name for the water cycle
What is the Hydrologic cycle?
500
a red line with semi-circles
What is the warm front symbol?
500
To determine wind direction, this instrument spins and points in the direction from which the wind is coming and generally has two parts, or ends: one that is usually shaped like an arrow and turns into the wind and one end that is wider so that it catches the breeze.
What is a Wind Vane?
500
a belt of calm air and sea occurring at about 30 degrees latitude in both the northern and southern hemispheres
What are the horse latitudes?
500
The two most important factors of climate.
What is latitude and elevation?