Weather / Climate

Which statement best describes the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is the conditions when you look outside while climate is the conditions you can expect for the next 6 months.

• Climate is the current condition outside while weather is what you can expect for the next 6 months.

A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming from a cumulonimbus cloud:

• hurricane

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

Warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools and drops, this creates a _________________ in the atmosphere.

• run-off
• Greenhouse Effect
• convection current
• water cylce

Cold air (RISES/ FALLS) _________.

• RISES

• FALLS

The place where two air masses meet.

• air mass

• air pressure

• water cycle

• frontal boundary

Air usually flows ______________________ (which is most accurate)

• North and South

• East / West

• Warm air from near the equator to the Poles / Cool air to the Equator from the Poles

• Depends on the time of year and the earths tilt

Hot air (RISES / FALLS) __________.

• RISES

• FALLS

A severe storm that involves strong winds and forms over warm water with winds over 74mph is:

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• blizzard

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• climate

Type of map that shows features like rivers and mountains

• emotional map

• land map

• physical map

• political map