Weather Factors

3. _______________ climate has year-round cold temperatures.
5. to predict what will likely happen with the weather.
8. the whole mass of air around the earth
10. The North and South _____________ have a polar climate.
11. a range of weather over a period of time
13. Weather forecasts can be wrong because the weather is always _________.
14. Water, air, land, sunlight all work together to produce _________.
15. _______________ air rises.
16. Wind and water make the temperatures ____________ than usual in the climate where they are located.
19. What do the averages of the four weather factors determine?
20. ______________ climate year-round warm temperatures.
21. Knowing the weather forecast can help you be ________.
22. This is created by rising and falling air and the uneven heating of the earth's surface.
23. The _______________ climate has four seasons and cold, cool, warm, and hot temperatures.

1. an educated guess
2. Places with warm weather all year long are near the ______________.
4. the temperature and precipitation outside right now
6. water falling from clouds as rain, snow, or ice
7. What determines the type of precipitation that falls?
9. The ________________ climate is near the oceans or seas.
12. a long period of time without precipitation
16. the study of weather
17. Weather patterns help with forecasts of future weather because weather patterns _________.
18. _______________ air falls or sinks.