What is weather?
What are clouds made of?
condensed water particles
The tool used to measure the speed of wind.
anemometer
Why do winds not flow in a STRAIGHT line and move from west to east?
The earth rotates on its axis.
Which heats and cools faster: land or water?
land
Name the forms of precipitation
rain, sleet, hail, snow or frozen
The tool used to measure the amount of water vapor is in the air.
hygrometer
Warm air ____ at the Equator of Earth but ____ at its poles.
rises; sinks
During the day, the land heats up faster than the water, so a breeze will blow from the sea to the ____, being called sea breeze.
land
This is where most of the evaporation occurs on Earth.
ocean
This tool tells the direction of the wind.
wind/weather vane
wind sock
How does air move?
from high pressure area to low pressure area
Which place has more humidity?
forest or desert
forest
Moving air is called_______.
wind
barometer
Special winds affecting day to day weather and seasons in North America.
jet streams
What causes wind?
the differences in the pressure
Why is hygrometer important in the zoos?
because some animals need high humidity
Describe the two reason why wind blows on our Earth. (two reasons for the Coriolis effect)
Unequal heating of the air particles (high pressure vs. low pressure) and the rotation of Earth on its axis.