weather and climate

Precipitation happens when clouds of water droplets are too ______________.

• cold
• light
• heavy
• hot

Does evaporation happen before or after condensation?

• before
• after
• during

Does evaporation happen before or after condensation?

• before
• after
• during

What is the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• climate
• temperature
• elevation
• precipitation

____ is a low ground level cloud

• mist
• fog
• rain
• sunshine

Winters in Maine can reach temperatures below zero.

• Climate
• Weather

Changes from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day

• Climate
• Weather

Meteorologists forecast this.

• Climate
• Weather

What is climate?

•  What's going on with the atmosphere at any particular time
• The type of weather that occurs during a particular season
• An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time
• How much sunshine an area gets 

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds