Seasons and Weather

1. In the Northern Hemisphere, the ____________________, the beginning of summer, is the longest day of the year.

• Summer Soltice

• Winter Equinox

• Winter Soltice

• Summer Equinox

____________________, the beginning of winter, is the shortest day of the year.

• Winter Soltice

• Winter Equinox

• Summer Equinox

Twice a year on the ____________________, the days and nights all over the world are equal in length. They mark the beginning of spring and autumn.

• Equinox

• Soltice

____________________ is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time.

• Storms

• Weather

• Climate

• Percepitation

____________________ is the term for weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time.

• Climate

• Weather

An important factor of weather is ____________________, falling water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

• Percepitaton

• Climate

• Weather

• frontal

Geographers classify percipitation into three types: ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

• Orographic

• Frontal

• Convectional

• Heavy

Weather is created by warm and cool air masses moving across the surface of the earth. A clash between air masses over warm, tropical ocean water may produce a violent storm known as a (a)   .

In Asia, this type of storm is referred to as a ____________________.

• Hurricane

• Tyhoon

Another violent storm, called a ____________________, is a powerful, funnelshaped column of spiraling air that forms quickly and sometimes without warning.

• Hurricane

• Typhoon

• Tornado

• Blizzard