Climate
What is climate?
Long periods of time, that do not change very often. Example; desert
What is weather?
day to day, area by area
Name a type of lightning
Ball, cloud to ground, ground to cloud, out of the blue, anvil crawler, ribbon, sheet, cloud to cloud, intracloud
What is a natural disaster?
weather that causes damage and destruction
What does a thermometer measure?
Temperature
How many climate regions are on Earth?
3- Tropical, temperate and polar
What name the different types of weather (5)
rain, snow, wind, sunny, cloudy
What are the 3 things needed to make a tornado?
Warm air from the ground, cool air from the air and wind changing direction
What causes a flood?
heavy rain fall, dam breaking or ice caps melting
What are two parts to a thermometer?
Bulb (bottom), Mercury (red liquid)
What is the weather in the polar region?
cold
What are the 4 seasons?
fall, winter, summer, spring
What is the part of the tornado that hits the ground called?
funnel
What causes a drought?
high temperatures, no rain, people using too much water
What does a anemometer measure?
wind speed
what is the weather in the temperate region?
4 seasons
Name the 4 different types of clouds
Nimbus, stratus, cumulus and cirrus
What is the middle of the hurricane called?
eye
What is a flood?
When there is a lot of water all at once and causes damage to that area
what does a weather vane measure?
wind direction
What is the weather in the tropical region
Wet (rainy) and dry
What do the clouds look like?
Numbus- storm, Stratus- Blanket, Cirrus- wisps, Cumulus- cotton candy
over the ocean
What is a drought?
When there is no rain and high temperatures for long periods of time, and crops start to die
Why do farmers need to use rain guages?
To see how much rain they have gotten over a period of time.