1) THIS IS THE WARMEST CLIMATE ZONE ON EARTH, AND THE
... a) precipitation, temperature, & humidity c) vegetation, temperature, & precipitation ...
... a) precipitation, temperature, & humidity c) vegetation, temperature, & precipitation ...
Water Cycle
... • Water vapor collects in clouds. As the clouds cool the water vapor condenses into water drops. • This is called condensation. • These drops fall to the earth as rain, snow or hail. ...
... • Water vapor collects in clouds. As the clouds cool the water vapor condenses into water drops. • This is called condensation. • These drops fall to the earth as rain, snow or hail. ...
The Water (H2O) Cycle
... from water (liquid) to water vapor (gas). • Transpiration is the process by which plants lose water out of their leaves. Transpiration gives evaporation a bit of a hand in getting the water vapor back up into the air. ...
... from water (liquid) to water vapor (gas). • Transpiration is the process by which plants lose water out of their leaves. Transpiration gives evaporation a bit of a hand in getting the water vapor back up into the air. ...
air temperature
... Due to the heat air absorbs from or gives off to the environment. SPECIFIC HEAT – amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance. Thermometer ...
... Due to the heat air absorbs from or gives off to the environment. SPECIFIC HEAT – amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance. Thermometer ...
Transpiration Precipitation Condensation Evaporation Runoff
... that seeps into the ground and is stored in spaces between or within rocks. ...
... that seeps into the ground and is stored in spaces between or within rocks. ...
Clouds
... crystallizes upon contact with freezing nuclei – Ice crystals form around freezing nuclei and grow through deposition at the expense of water droplets – Precipitation leaves cloud as ice crystal ...
... crystallizes upon contact with freezing nuclei – Ice crystals form around freezing nuclei and grow through deposition at the expense of water droplets – Precipitation leaves cloud as ice crystal ...
7th Grade Weather and Climate Vocabulary Terms Weather
... 7) Forecast - to predict a future condition or occurrence; to forecast a heavy snowfall. 8) Climate – general conditions of temperature and precipitation for an area over a long period of time. ...
... 7) Forecast - to predict a future condition or occurrence; to forecast a heavy snowfall. 8) Climate – general conditions of temperature and precipitation for an area over a long period of time. ...
Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, graupel and hail. Precipitation occurs when a portion of the atmosphere becomes saturated with water vapour, so that the water condenses and ""precipitates"". Thus, fog and mist are not precipitation but suspensions, because the water vapour does not condense sufficiently to precipitate. Two processes, possibly acting together, can lead to air becoming saturated: cooling the air or adding water vapour to the air. Precipitation forms as smaller droplets coalesce via collision with other rain drops or ice crystals within a cloud. Moisture overriding associated with weather fronts is an overall major method of precipitation production. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective clouds such as cumulonimbus and can organize into narrow rainbands. Where relatively warm water bodies are present, for example due to water evaporation from lakes, lake-effect snowfall becomes a concern downwind of the warm lakes within the cold cyclonic flow around the backside of extratropical cyclones. Lake-effect snowfall can be locally heavy. Thundersnow is possible within a cyclone's comma head and within lake effect precipitation bands. In mountainous areas, heavy precipitation is possible where upslope flow is maximized within windward sides of the terrain at elevation. On the leeward side of mountains, desert climates can exist due to the dry air caused by compressional heating. The movement of the monsoon trough, or intertropical convergence zone, brings rainy seasons to savannah climes.Precipitation is a major component of the water cycle, and is responsible for depositing the fresh water on the planet. Approximately 505,000 cubic kilometres (121,000 cu mi) of water falls as precipitation each year; 398,000 cubic kilometres (95,000 cu mi) of it over the oceans and 107,000 cubic kilometres (26,000 cu mi) over land. Given the Earth's surface area, that means the globally averaged annual precipitation is 990 millimetres (39 in), but over land it is only 715 millimetres (28.1 in). Climate classification systems such as the Köppen climate classification system use average annual rainfall to help differentiate between differing climate regimes.Precipitation may occur on other celestial bodies, e.g. when it gets cold, Mars has precipitation which most likely takes the form of ice needles, rather than rain or snow.