Forms of Precipitation
What is the most common form of precipitation found in tropical climate zones?
rain
Explain why places near the equator are warmer year round and have more evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
The equator receives the most direct sunlight.
high, low
High humidity and low pressure = _________
Increased chance of precipitation
Cumulonimbus clouds are commonly known as _______ clouds.
thunderstorm
Precipitation falls from columns of air that are 27F, 23F, and 28F will cause ________
snow
The water cycle starts at the ocean, because it combined with the sun gives us water needed to ___________ and eventually ___________ into clouds
evaporate, condense
Put polar, desert, and temperate in order from the most likely to least likely to receive snow.
polar, temperate, desert
Ontario is in a polar zone. A normal person not studying weather would say the weather is _______ and ______ throughout much of the year.
Cold; dry
I am sunny, warm, and humid. It often rains in the spring and summer and almost never snows. What climate zone am I?
Tropical
sleet
What three measurements of weather would the Amazon rainforest and the Everglades (wetland) have in common that would be "high"?
high temperature, humidity, and precipitation (rain)
What is the main difference between a tundra and a desert?
Tundras are cold climate, deserts are warm climate.
Most parts of Canada are colder than Utah because ALL of Canada is higher in _________.
latitude
Rain that hits the ground as rain, but the ground's temperature is 25F will cause ____________
freezing rain
The complete water cycle:
The ________ warms the __________, which causes _________ to rise into the atmosphere. It __________ in clouds, then the mass gets heavy enough, where ________ pulls it down, causing _________ (Examples: rain, sleet, snow, hail)
sun, ocean, vapor, condenses/collects, gravity, precipitation
Name one thing that deserts and tropical climate zone weather have in common and one thing that is different.
in common: High temp
Different: Desert low humidity, tropical high humidity
A weather system in December is moving from the Atlantic ocean across North Carolina. The temperature on the east end is 28F and on the west end it is 37F. It is a low pressure system, but the winds are calm and the sky is full of stratus clouds. On the east side of the system, the type of precipitation will be _______. On the west side of the system, the type of precipitation will be ________.
snow, rain
Florida has a lower ___________ than most states, which is its height from sea level
elevation
Hail requires ________ winds, temperatures that are ____________, and ______________ clouds (what type of)
strong, cooling, cumulonimbus
0-20 inches
20-40 inches
40-60
60-80
80-100+
80-100+
Daily Double: Average Climate for the YEAR
Anchorage: Avg. Rainfall 28.4cm Avg. Temp. 34F
El Paso: Avg. Rainfall 15.4cm Avg. Temp. 89F
Nashville: Avg. Rainfall 55.3cm Avg. Temp 70F
Naples: Avg. Rainfall 93.5cm Temp 88F
Which CLIMATE ZONE is each city found? (NOT BIOME....choose between the 4 zones we highlighted)
Anchorage: Polar
El Paso: Desert
Nashville: Temperate
Naples: Tropical
Stratus clouds, low pressure, 44F degrees. My 8 year old cousin says the weather is __________ and __________.
cold, rainy
Wetlands and rainforests are found in ________ climate zones. They typically are in _____ elevation, with ______ amounts of plant and animal life, ______ temperatures and _____ humidity.
tropical; low; high; high; high