Weather Chapter 2-3

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What is the imaginary line that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

Air in a low pressure system moves

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

Air in a low pressure system moves

• outward

• inward

stormy weather (clouds and precipitation)

• high pressure

• low pressure

clockwise and outward

• high pressure

• low pressure

counterclockwise and inward

• high pressure

• low pressure

True or False: In addition to rain; snow, sleet, and hail are also forms of precipitation.

• True

• False

Someone who studies the weather.

• rain gauge
• taxonomists
• meterologist
• satellites

Meteorologists record weather conditions to

• help identify patterns over time to make predictions about future weather events.

• explain the cause and effect for different weather events

• identify all the factors that contribute to a weather system

• trick people