Climate and rain!✨ Flashcards
What is climate?
Climate is the average weather of a specific area over a long period of time.
How is weather and climate different?
Weather-
It is day by day
It is over a long period of time
Climate-
It is the average over many years
It is over a short period of time.
When do changes in climate occur?
The climate can change from time to time(seasonal) or may be different from place to place.
What are clouds made up of and why are they visible?
Clouds are made up of extremely tiny droplets of moisture called cloud droplets. They are only visible because there are billions of them in a cloud .
What is condensation/how do clouds form?
Clouds form when moist air rises, cools and changes into cloud droplets.
When does a cloud give rain?
A cloud gives rain when these tiny cloud droplets grow much larger into raindrops which then fall to the ground.