Term 3 Flashcards
Weather, rainfall, climate, natural vegetation
What are the four elements of weather?
Temperature
Cloud cover
Rainfall
Wind
What is temperature?
How hot or cold something is
What is cloud cover?
The amount of clouds covering the sky
What is rainfall?
The amount of rain that falls over an aerea
What is wind speed?
How fast or strong the wind is
What is precipitation?
The different forms in which water falls to the ground
Name three forms of precipitation
Rain
Hail
Snow
What instrument is used to measure rain?
In what units do we measure rain?
A rain gauge measures rainfall in millimeters
What instrument is used to measure temperature?
In what units do we measure temperature?
A thermometer measures temperature in degrees Celsius
What are the boiling and freezing points of water?
Water boils at 100°C and freezes at 0°C
Wind is named according to the direction it is blowing to. True or False?
False. Wind is named according to the direction it is coming from
If the wind is blowing in a northwesterly direction what would it be called?
A southeasterly wind
If you see numbers on a weather map, eg 11/27, what does it mean?
The minimum temperature expected that day is 11°C and the maximum is 27°C
What do you call the amount of rain that falls in a place in one year?
Annual rainfall
In which season does most of South Africa get its rain?
Summer