Weather Vs Climate
Do I need a jacket today?
Weather
A funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that reach down to the ground.
What is a tornado?
Warm air forms this on the ground or on cars once it cools down.
What is dew?
A category 5 hurricane is coming directly to your city. Residents must do this.
What is evacuation?
The process when rain, snow, sleet or hail falls.
What is precipitation?
"I was thinking of travelling north next year to see snow. It never snows around here."
Climate
A storm that forms when clouds pile up and bring rain, wind, and lightning
What is a thunderstorm?
Nearby warm ocean water causes lots of water retention in the air.
What is humidity?
This happens to the energy of hurricanes when they reach land.
What is losing energy?
Tropical regions have higher humidity because of this geographical feature.
What is the equator?
Farmers always know to plant corn in the last parts of Spring and then harvest towards the end of Summer before it gets cold again.
Climate
Any form of water that falls from the sky is called
What is precipitation?
These 2 characteristics of air give energy to hurricanes.
What is warm, moist air?
Wearing a hat and sunglasses protects people from this.
What is UV or Solar radiation?
A prediction about future weather
what is a forecast?
"Man it's hot today"
Weather
Electrical charges in clouds can produce
What is lightning?
This deep ocean current begins at the Equator, passes the East coast of Florida, and brings warm ocean water to Europe/ Harry Potter.
What is the Gulf Stream?
Negatively and positively charged areas of particles connect and form this reaction.
What is a lighting bolt?
Air pressure flows from: high to low -- or low to high.
What is high to low?
the average weather conditions in an area over a long period.
What is Climate?
Two words that describe the regular wind conditions and water vapor in the Florida Keys
What is a breezy and humid climate?
This climate event brings warm air and more rain.
What is El Nino?
The term for the strongest form of tornado (with a 5 at the end)
What is an EF5?
The process when water molecules move faster and break away from other water molecules.
What is evaporation?