Weather and Climate

Question 1

What Is Weather?

Answer 1

Short-term changes in the Atmosphere, temperature, precipitation, etc in the Atmosphere day to day.

Question 2

What Is Climate?

Answer 2

Weather trends over long periods of time. Averages over time.

Question 3

What Is High Pressure?

Answer 3

Air that is more dense. Molecules are close together. Wants to move to low pressure area.

Question 4

What Is Low Pressure?

Answer 4

Air that is less dense. Molecules are farther apart.

Question 5

What Is The Coriolis Effect?

Answer 5

The rotation of the earth causes the wind to appear to curve.

Question 6

What Is Circulation?

Answer 6

Water and air moving in a circular pattern.

Question 7

What Is Salinity

Answer 7

The amount of salt in something.

Question 8

What Is Rain Shadow?

Answer 8

Where one side of a mountain does and does not get water.

Question 9

What Are Clime Zones?

Answer 9

Zones in specific climates. (Polar, Temperate, Tropical)

Question 10

What Is Altitude?

Answer 10

The height of an object is above ground (or sea) level.

Question 11

What Is Precipitation?

Answer 11

Part of the water cycle, when water falls to earth and hail, rain, snow, or sleet.

Question 12

What Is Wind?

Answer 12

The movement of the air due to uneven heating of the Earth’s surface.

Question 13

What Is Latitude?

Answer 13

The horizontal lines on a map or globe, it measures the amount north or south from the equator a location is.