Science 10/6 Flashcards
What measures the temperature of the air and tells how hot or cold it is?
Thermometer
Measures the atmospheric pressure.
Barometer
Measures the amount of rain that has fallen since the last meaurement.
Rain Gauge
Measures wind speed and direction.
Anemometer
What is due to the pull of gravity on the atmosphere at a particular place on Earth?
Air pressure
Air masses associated with fair weather, clear skies and light winds.
High pressure
Air masses associated with rainy or stormy weather and strong winds.
Low pressure
Day to day state of the atmosphere for a given area.
Weather
Average weather conditions over an extended period of time.
Climate
Weather and climate impact?
The ecosystem
Examples of impacting the ecosystem.
Drought, flooding or destruction of habitat.
Happens when liquid droplets or ice crystals become larger and fall from the clouds.
Rain
Ice crystals fall from clouds.
Snow
Fluffy, white clouds with flat bottoms.
Cumulus
Smooth, gray clouds that block sunlight and cover the sky.
Stratus
Cumulus clouds that grow in height and darken on the bottom.
Cumulonimbus
Feathery, wispy clouds
Cirrus
What storm occurs in the spring and summer?
Thunderstorms
Weather conditions of a thunderstorm?
Humid, warm conditions. Heavy rain for 30-60 minutes.
Lightning comes before thunder.
What are conditions of a hurricane?
Huge slow moving storms.
Over warm ocean water.
Winds equal or great than 74 miles per hour(mph).
Conditions of a tornado.
Funnel shaped column of air that form from a thunderstorm.
Air rotates and vertical.
Hurricanes happen at what time of year?
Summer and fall.
When do tornadoes occur?
Spring and summer.
