Weather And Climate Flashcards
1
Q
Define weather
A
Day to day conditions of the atmosphere at any place with regard to pressure rainfall temperature wind humidity
2
Q
Define climate
A
Average conditions of humidity rainfall pressure temperature wind over a long period of time over a large area
3
Q
Elements of weather and climate
A
Sunshine cloud temperature wind pressure humidity precipitation
4
Q
Weather instruments used to monitor daily weather
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GOES weather balloon weather satellite weather rocket weather ship
5
Q
Define temperature
A
Temperature is how hot or cold a place or object is
6
Q
Factors affecting temperature
A
Latitude altitude terrain ocean current distance from sea soil wind vegetation seasons time of the day
7
Q
Weather predictions are made on the basis of
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Careful observations
8
Q
The predictions are announced by
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Weather stations
