Weather and Climate

____________ describes the condition of the air outdoors such as temperature, cloud cover, windspeed, and rainfall.

• Climate

• Weather

• Barometers

• Thermometers

___________ is the average or typical weather condition of a region year after year.

• Climate

• Weather

• Warm Fronts

• Cold Fronts

What is the cooling off of water in the atmosphere that changes gas to a liquid?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Humidity

• Climate

what is the name of water droplets falling from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Humidity

• Low Pressure

What is the name for the amount of water vapor in the air?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Humidity

• Cold Fronts

To determine climate over time, what TWO things do we look at?

• Precipitation

• Humidity

• Temperature

• Cold Fronts

What affects climate? (Choose all correct answers.)

• The shape of the land

• Cold Fronts

• Closeness to the equator

• Gases in the atmosphere

What does a hygrometer measure?

• The amount of rainfall

• The air temperature

• Air pressure

• The amount of water vapor or humidity in the air

What does an anemometer measure?

• The direction of the wind

• Wind speed

• The amount of water vapor or humidity

• Air pressure

What does a barometer measure?

• The amount of water vapor or humidity

• Air pressure

• Wind speed

• The amount of rainfall