Tool used to measure wind speed

A barometer is used to measure...

T/F: Temperature is measured in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit.

T/F: Wind speed is measured in miles per hour.

Air pressure and density are _________ at higher altitudes.

Tool used to measure relative humidity

The amount of water vapor in the air

The measure of transparency of the atmosphere

Choose all examples of precipitation

The force of air molecules pushing on a area

Air that moves horizontally or parallel to the ground is called wind.

Choose all the examples of a moving weather collection examples.

Choose all the examples of a stationary weather collection tools.

T/F: When air is saturated, more water evaporates into the air than condenses back into the water.

When the amount of water evaporating into the air is equal to the amount of water vapor that condenses, the air is said to be...

More water vapor condenses into water than evaporates when air cools below...

Check all the characteristics of low air pressure.

Check all the characteristics of high air pressure.

T/F: The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation is called relative humidity.

T/F: Condensation can form clouds in the sky and and fog near the ground.

In a low pressure system, the air flows...

In a high pressure system, the air flows...

T/F: If the barometric pressure is falling that indicates a low pressure system is moving in.

Which of the following is an ocean current and which is a wind belt?

What moves our weather from west to east?

Has two different belts in each hemisphere; One is referred to as polar and the other subtropical.

Influences the weather along the southernmost coast of the United States...

Can pull cold air down from Canada or bring warm air up from the south to our area...

Pulls warm water across the Atlantic ocean which results in a milder climate in Europe...

T/F: The jet stream is a warm water current and the gulf stream is a narrow band of high speed winds that flows from west to east.

Runs up the east coast of the United States and then east in the Atlantic Ocean...

T/F: Coastal climates have extreme summers and winters.

T/F: Inland / continental climates have extreme summers and winters.

Water has a ____________ specific heat.

Water heats up and cools down ____________ than land.

Because water heats up and cools down slowly, this causes coastal temperatures to...

T/F: Coastal cities tend to have cooler summers and warmer winters.

What climate zone do we live in here in Ohio?

On which part of the mountain will plants be most plentiful?

The uneven heating of the Earth by the sun causes air pressure differences and wind.

Higher latitudes have __________ temperatures and lower latitudes have ___________ temperatures.

Day to day weather conditions in an area are considered...

TWO main factors that determine climate are:

T/F: The sun hits places at higher latitudes less directly than at lower latitudes due to the curvature of the Earth. This causes it to be cooler.

Latitudes closer to the equator receive __________ solar energy than latitudes away from the equator causing them to be ____________.

W is called the rain shadow because...

Extreme temperature changes take place in areas located near large bodies of water.

San Francisco and Kansas City are at the same latitude, but San Francisco has a cooler summer. Why would this be?

Stream-like movement of water that happens in the ocean and can affect weather and climate...

Which letter shows a line of latitude?

Which letter shows a line of longitude?

Name the latitude range for the temperate zone.

T/F: The sun’s energy controls the water cycle and therefore precipitation.

This factor that affects climate impacts wind patterns and the transfer of energy in an area...

Check the 3 major climate zones.

Check all HUMAN causes of climate change.

Check all NATURAL causes of climate change.

Scientists have seen a(n) _______________ in the amount of CO₂ in our atmosphere.

An increase in CO₂ causes a(n) _______________ in global temperatures.

Check examples of predicted outcomes of climate change.

Check examples of predicted outcomes of climate change.

Check examples of predicted outcomes of climate change.

T/F: Scientists use climate models to describe how different

variables affect and predict Earth’s future climate.

An environmental agreement created in 1997 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...

Check ways that greenhouse gases can be reduced.

Check ways that greenhouse gases can be reduced.

T/F: Movement of tectonic plates and particulates in the atmosphere are natural causes of climate change.

Causes the tropical Pacific Ocean temperature to increase. This increase in water temperature can lead to some areas being cooler and wetter than normal and other areas being warmer and drier than normal.

Causes equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean temperatures to decrease. This can lead to flooding or drought.

T/F: The output from the sun fluctuates and causes Earth’s temperature to increase or decrease. This is referred to as sun cycles.