Weather

What is climate?

• What's going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.

• An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time.

• The type of weather that occurs during a particular season.

• How much sunshine an area gets?

What is the air conditions outside right now called?

• climate

• weather

• temperature

• elevation

Meteorologists forecast this.

• weather

• climate

When air pressure is low you can expect...

• sunny and clear days

• warm temperatures

• clouds and precipitation

• cold temperatures

In which directions do weather systems move across the US?

• east to west

• north to south

• south to north

• west to east

To forecast the weather you need to know...

• the location of fronts

• wind speed and direction

• the phase of the moon

• current weather conditions

Winds that come from the north are...

• dry and cool

• hot and humid

• dry and warm

• humid and cool

Weather on the top of a mountain is _____ and ____ than at the bottom.

• hotter and sunnier

• cooler and wetter

• hotter and wetter

• cooler and dryer

If water is left outside in the sun one day, and there is less water the next day, what happened?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

If someone wants to know how much rain different areas get, how would they collect this information?

• watch the weather on television

• use rain gauges to collect rain in each area

• sit outside and record when it rains

• ask people living in each area how much it rains