Weather and Climate

Question 1

What is meteorology?

Answer 1

The science of studying and predicting weather and climate.

Question 2

What is weather?

Answer 2

Description of the day to day conditions of the atmosphere in a specific place.

Question 3

What affects weather?

Answer 3

1) Temperature
2) Precipitation
3) Humidity
4) Atmospheric Pressure

Question 4

What is temperature?

Answer 4

Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of the atmosphere.

Question 5

What is precipitation?

Answer 5

Precipitation is moisture that falls from the air to the ground.

Question 6

What is humidity?

Answer 6

Humidity is the concentration of water vapour in the air.

Question 7

What is atmospheric pressure?

Answer 7

Atmospheric pressure is the force applied by the weight of the air

Question 8

What is climate?

Answer 8

Average state of weather over a long period of time.

Question 9

What is flora?

Answer 9

All types of plant species that live in a specific area.

Question 10

What is fauna?

Answer 10

All types of animal species that live in a specific area.

Question 11

What is a biome?

Answer 11

A biome is a large collection of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat.

Question 12

Describe a tropical climate.

Answer 12

The tropical rainforest is a hot and moist biome with a lot of precipitation.

Question 13

Describe a desert climate.

Answer 13

Deserts are dry, arid areas with less than 50cm rainfall per year.

Question 14

What affects climate?

Answer 14

1) Relief
2) Landscape

Question 15

What is relief?

Answer 15

Relief refers to the way the landscape changes in height.

Question 16

What are uplands?

Answer 16

Uplands are areas high above sea level. They are often mountainous.

Question 17

What are landscapes?

Answer 17

Landscapes are the visible features of an area of land. (E.g. Mountains, lakes, hills..)

Question 18

What is a microclimate?

Answer 18

The climate of a very small area that is different from the climate of the surrounding area.

Question 19

What is latitude?

Answer 19

The distance from the equator, measured in degrees.

Question 20

How does latitude affect climate?

Answer 20

Sun’s rays are more concentrated at the Equator so that area tends to be hotter.

Question 21

What is the albedo effect?

Answer 21

The albedo effects happens when solar energy reflects off light surfaces, making the area colder. (E.g. Antartica)

Question 22

What is altitude?

Answer 22

Altitude is the height of land in relation to sea level. Temperature drops by around 6*C every 1000 meters increase in height.

Question 23

What are the factors affecting climate?

Answer 23

1) Altitude
2) Albedo effect
3) Latitude

Question 24

What is temperature?

Answer 24

How hot or cold a place is.

Question 25

What is precipitation?

Answer 25

How much water has fallen from the sky.

Question 26

What is wind speed measured in and what instrument is being used?

Answer 26

It is measured in mph (miles per hour) or kpm (kilometers per hour) using a anemometer.

Question 27

What is air pressure measured in and what instrument is being used?

Answer 27

It is measured in mb (millibars) using a barometer.

Question 28

What is temperature measured in and what instrument is being used?

Answer 28

It is measured in degrees Celsuis, Farenheit, or Kelvin using a thermometer.

Question 29

What is presipitation measured in and what instrument is being used?

Answer 29

It is measured in mm (millimeters), cm (centemeters), or in (inches) using a rain guage.

Question 30

What is wind direction measured in and what instrument is being used?

Answer 30

It is measured in compass directions using a wind vane or a wind sock.

Question 31

What are the greehouse gases?

Answer 31

1) Methane
2) Carbon dioxide
3) Nitrous oxide

Question 32

What is the greenhouse effect?

Answer 32

Solar radiation from the sun passes through the atmosphere. Some are absorbed by the earth, some are reflected back into space. These get absorbed by greenhouse gases and are trapped in the atmosphere, warming the earth.

Question 33

What is the enhanced greenhouse effect?

Answer 33

Greenhouse gases produced by human activity add to the atmosphere, making it thicker. This means more solar radiation gets trapped, warming up the earth.

Question 34

What is latitude and what is it measured in?

Answer 34

Latitude measures the angle between a point on the Earth’s surface and the plane of the Equator, with the center of the Earth as the vertex of the angle. It is measured in degrees.

Question 35

What is air mass?

Answer 35

Large body of air with the relatively uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

Question 36

What is the instrument used to measure humidity in the air?

Answer 36

Hygrometer

Question 37

What is jet stream?

Answer 37

Fast moving stream of wind where cold, polar air meets warm air from the equator

Question 38

What is a drought?

Answer 38

A long period of unusually dry weather.

Question 39

What is the Coriolis effect?

Answer 39

The Coriolis effect is the apparent deflection of moving objects, such as air or water, caused by the rotation of the Earth. This effect influences large-scale atmospheric and oceanic motions, playing a crucial role in weather patterns and ocean currents.

Question 40

What is a dew point?

Answer 40

The temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins.