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Make one from your guideWild Weather Adventures
Science · 30 cards · 9-question test · 10 pictures
🌤️Weather vs. Climate
- Weather is what the sky and air are doing right now, today, in one place — like 'it's 72°F and cloudy in New York City.'
- Climate is the AVERAGE weather in a place over a very long time, at least 30 years — like 'New York City has cold winters and hot summers.'
- The sun's energy travels through the atmosphere (the blanket of gases around Earth) and turns into heat. This heat affects the air and causes weather.
- Weather events like storms can hurt ecosystems by causing floods, droughts (not enough water), strong winds, and extreme temperatures.
- Floods and droughts can destroy homes (habitats) for plants and animals.
🔬Meteorologists & Their Tools
- A meteorologist is a scientist who studies the weather and uses instruments to collect data.
- An anemometer measures wind speed.
- A barometer measures air pressure.
- A rain gauge measures the amount of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, or hail).
- A thermometer measures air temperature.
- Meteorologists use all this data to make a forecast — a prediction of what weather is coming so people can prepare.
💨Air Pressure & Air Masses
- An air mass is a giant blob of air that has about the same temperature and moisture all through it — it can be as big as several states!
- Air pressure is how hard the air pushes down on a surface.
- Low pressure happens when air heats up, expands, and rises. Low pressure = stormy weather and strong winds.
- High pressure happens when air cools down, gets denser, and sinks. High pressure = clear skies and light winds.
- Remember: LOW pressure = LOUSY (stormy) weather, HIGH pressure = HAPPY (clear) weather.
☁️Types of Clouds
- Cirrus clouds are thin and feathery. They mean fair weather now, but rain or snow could come in a few hours.
- Stratus clouds are smooth, gray, and cover the whole sky, blocking the sun. They bring light rain or drizzle.
- Cumulus clouds are fluffy, white, and have flat bottoms. They mean fair, nice weather.
- Cumulonimbus clouds are tall and dark storm clouds. They can bring thunderstorms.
- Precipitation is water falling from clouds — it can be rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
🌪️Stormy Weather
- A thunderstorm forms in warm, humid weather. It brings heavy rain (30 min to an hour), lightning and thunder, strong winds, and sometimes hail or a tornado.
- A hurricane forms over warm, tropical water near the equator. It has winds of 74 mph or more, heavy rain, and can cause huge waves and high tides on land.
- A tornado is a violently spinning column of air shaped like a funnel. It reaches from a thunderstorm cloud down to the ground.
- Most tornadoes form from thunderstorms when the wind changes direction and the air starts to spin.
- Strong winds can happen in thunderstorms, hurricanes, AND tornadoes!
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