Download Is climate measured over a long time or a short time?

Is climate measured over:
a. hours and days
b. months and years?
Months and years
How does a latitude far from the
equator affect temperature and wind?
a. Temperature is colder and winds
blow from the south to the north
b. Temperature is colder and winds
blow from the west to the east
c. Temperature is colder and winds
blow from the east to the south
• C. Temperature is colder and
winds blow from the east to
the south
•What does the
barometer measure?
•Air pressure
•If the pressure is high,
what will the weather
be like?
•Sunny, fair
• What does the Gulf stream do
to the coastal temperature In
North Carolina in the winter?
• A. Keep it cold
• B. Keep it mild
• C. Keep it raining
• Keep it mild
• What does the Greenhouse
effect do to Earth?
• A. keeps it hot
• B. Harm it
• C. keep it warm with a
protective layer of gases
• Keeps us protected with a
warm layer of gases
• A ___________ front occurs
when two air masses meet
and stop.
• A. stationary front
• B. cold front
• C. warm front
• stationary
What is this symbol indicate and in
what direction would it be moving?
• Warm front moving
northwest
• What prevailing winds
mostly affect North
Carolina?
• Westerlies
• What is the huge air
current that goes from the
western U.S. and dips
down through the south?
• Jet stream
• This measures precipitation
• Rain gauge
• A ____________front
happens when a cold air
mass slips under a warm
air mass.
• warm
• A_____________pressure
system brings rain.
• low
Sunny weather occurs when
the barometer is:
Low or High
• High
• The sun heats the earth
through:
• A. Conduction
• B. convection
• C. radiation
• radiation
• The earth heats the air by
• A. Conduction
• B. convection
• C. radiation
• The earth heats the air by
• A. Conduction
• Four types of precipitation
are:
• Rain, snow, sleet, hail
• Water as a gas is called….
• Water vapor
• Big, high stacks of cumulus
clouds bring….weather
• Rainy, snowy
• Cirrus clouds are
___________(high or low)
in the atmosphere
• high
• An air mass is a large
amount of air that has the
same__________and
_______________
• Temperature and humidity
Stratus clouds are:
• A. Big, dark clouds that bring
rain
• B. low, gray clouds that cover
the sky
• C. puffy, white clouds you see
in sunny weather
•b
• These form along the coast
of N.C. in summer and fall
and bring powerful winds
and rain
• hurricanes
What event could lead to heavy
thunderstorms?
• A. cold front
• B. warm front
• C. high pressure system
• A. cold front
What word best describes the
weather in N.C.?
• Cold
• Warm
• mild
• Mild!
What might tell us that fair weather is
changing to story weather?
• The barometer gets higher
• The barometer gets lower
• The wind speed is
decreasing
• The barometer gets lower
In what direction does the
jet stream usually flow?
a. West to east
b. East to west
c. North to south
• West to east
• In what direction do
westerlies flow?
• West to East
• What is the reason scientists think
polar winds and westerlies blow in a
curve?
• A. Because coasts are curved
• b. Because the earth rotates on its
axis
• C. because of high pressure systems
• b. Because the earth
rotates on its axis
Which of these is an ocean current?
a. El Nino
b. Gulf Stream
c. Jet Stream
• Gulf stream
Which would be an example of a
microclimate?
• A. The Highland Creek
neighborhood
• B. The Piedmont region of
NC
• C. Downtown Chicago
• C-Chicago
• When are you most likely
to see cumulus clouds:
• A. Sunny day
• B. Very rainy day
• C. Foggy day
• A-sunny day
What does this symbol mean? And
what direction is it moving?
• Cold front moving south
• How is weather different
than climate?
• Weather changes daily
What could bring clouds and
precipitation that last for several
days?
Stationary front
High pressure area
Warm front
• Stationary front