Name: __________________
Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Date: ___________________
Mini-Poster Assignment: Weather and Climate
Directions: These posters are at various locations in the classroom. During the period locate each one
by # and complete the two questions on each.
Poster
#
#
Question
1
1.
1
2.
2
3.
2
4.
During the day the sun
warms the land more than it
warms the water. Which way
does the breeze blow?
At night, the sun warms the
water more than it warms
the land. Which way does
the breeze blow?
What kind of air is forced up
over dense, cool air in a
warm front?
What is the symbol for a
warm front?
3
3
4
5.
4
8.
5
9.
5
10.
6.
7.
What does air saturation
mean?
What does transpiration
mean?
The equator receives the
most amount of radiation
from the sun. Why?
What Hemisphere has the
greater variation in
temperature?
What are the two most
important factors that make
up climate of an area?
List the 7 categories of
climate of the world.
Answer
a.
b.
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
6
11.
Name the four kinds of
precipitation.
6
7
12.
Define precipitation.
13.
Give a short description of
each listed cloud:
7
8
14.
8
9
16.
How many major types of
clouds are there?
What are the four distinct
layers of the atmosphere
divided by?
What layer of the
atmosphere do we live in?
List three ‘rare’ weather
phenomena.
9
10
10
11
18.
How is thunder created?
19.
11
12
22.
What is the definition of
severe storms?
What was the largest
hailstone recorded?
What layer of the
atmosphere does all the
weather occur?
What is smog?
23.
List three types of wind.
15.
17.
20.
21.
a
b
c
d
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Two
three
(circle one)
a.
b.
c.
a.
b.
c.
four
five
six