Weather 1
Which process in the water cycle is directly caused by the heat from the sun?
Evaporation
What is transpiration?
When water from plants and trees goes up into the atmosphere
Why do air temperatures vary over bodies of water and land masses?
Because water holds more heat than land
Scientists measure drought conditions by measuring…
Rainfall, lake and river water levels
A storm system moving from west to east is most likely caused by the…
Jet Stream
The water cycle includes which processes?
Evaporation, Condensation, Transpiration, Precipitation, Run Off
A change in what weather condition would most likely result in a change in wind speed?
What causes North Carolina to experience an increase in winter precipitation?
El Nino
What does a barometer tell us?
Change in air pressure levels
When it is summer in the northern hemisphere it is winter in the southern hemisphere. Why do the northern and southern hemispheres have opposite seasons?
Earth’s tilt and orbit around the sun
What causes the water to evaporate and change into water vapor?
Heating
What is responsible for guiding the movement of different air masses across United States?
Jet Stream
Which type of cloud is most often seen during fair weather?
Cirrus
What type of cloud will you see if the weather forecast is for cloudy skies and a low chance of precipitation?
Stratus
Summer or Fall
The atmosphere of Earth blocks many of the sun’s rays. If weather changes cause more of the sun’s rays to penetrate the atmosphere of earth which is most likely going to increase?
The evaporation of oceans
The water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than normal and the flow of the jet stream is disrupted during….
El Nino
Rain or Snow would most likely fall from this type of cloud.
Cumulonimbus
If the air pressure continues to drop a few days in a row what will the weather be like?
Cloudy skies and possible storms
What measures wind speed?
Anemometer
What must occur before clouds can form?
Water vapor must lose heat energy.
La Nina affects the weather in North Carolina during the summer by….
Decreasing rainfall
If the barometric pressure is rising what type of weather condition is most likely to occur?
Fair skies
The seasonal weather patterns of places at the same latitude have the same…
Intensity of sunlight
What kind of global winds are found between 0 & 30 degrees and are North and South of the Equator?
Trade Winds