WEATHER
CLIMATE
ATMOSPHERE
DEFINITIONS
WATER
100
ANY FORM OF WATER THAT FALLS TO THE EARTH SUCH AS RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, & HAIL.
What is PRECIPITATION?
100
A CLIMATE THAT HAS COLD, DRY, LONG WINTERS AND COOL SUMMERS.
What is POLAR CLIMATE?
100
THE AIR THAT SURROUNDS THE EARTH.
What is THE ATMOSPHERE?
100
WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE NOW, IT CHANGES FROM DAY TO DAY
What is WEATHER
100
A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE DISTRIBUTION & MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH'S WATER.
What is HYDROLOGIST?
200
A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE WEATHER.
What is A METEOROLOGIST?
200
A CLIMATE THAT HAS WARM SUMMERS AND VERY COLD WINTERS.
What is SEVERE CLIMATE?
200
THE HORIZONTAL OF MOVEMENT OF AIR FROM HIGH TO LOW PRESSURE.
What is WIND?
200
AVERAGE WEATHER INA AN AREA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
What is CLIMATE
200
REGULAR MOVEMENTS OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF OCEAN WATER AROUND THE EARTH.
What is OCEAN CURRENTS?
300
WEATHER THAT HAS LITTLE OR NO SUNLIGHT.
What is CLOUDY OR PARTLY CLOUDY?
300
A CLIMATE THAT HAS WARM/HOT SUMMERS AND COOL/COLD WINTERS & MOIST WEATHER.
What is MILD CLIMATE?
300
THE LAYER OF ATMOSPHERE THAT EXTENDS FROM 12 TO 50 KMs AND WHERE THE OZONE LAYER ABSORBS SOME OF THE SUN'S HARMFUL ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION BEFORE IT STRIKES THE EARTH.
What is THE STRATOSPHERE?
300
THE AVERAGE OF A SET OF DATA. IT IS COMPUTED BY ADDING THE NUMBER OF ITEMS AND DIVIDING THE SUM BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ITEMS.
What is MEAN
300
WATER IN THE FORM OF A GAS.
What is WATER VAPOR?
400
WEATHER THAT HAS NO CLOUDS.
What is CLEAR OR SUNNY?
400
A CLIMATE THAT HAS HOT DAYS & COOL NIGHTS AND VERY LITTLE RAIN YEAR-ROUND.
What is DRY CLIMATE?
400
THE LAYER OF ATMOSPHERE THAT EXTENDS FROM 50 TO 80 KMs AND WHERE METEORS USUALLY BURN UP.
What is THE MESOSPHERE?
400
THE MIDDLE NUMBER IN A SET OF DATA TAHT IS PUT IN ORDER.
What is MEDIAN
400
THE PROCESS WHEREBY WATER BECOMES WATER VAPOR, GOES FROM LIQUID TO GAS.
What is EVAPORATION?
500
THE LAYER OF THE EARTH WHERE MOST WEATHER TAKES PLACE.
What is THE TROPOSPHERE?
500
A CLIMATE THAT HAS VERY HOT AND WET WEATHER YEAR-ROUND.
What is TROPICAL CLIMATE?
500
THE LAYER OF ATMOSPHERE THAT EXTENDS FROM 80 TO 120 KMs AND THE SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITS THE EARTH.
What is THE THERMOSPHERE?
500
THE NUMBER OR ITEM THAT APPEARS THE MOST OFTEN IN A SET OF DATA OR LIST OF ITEMS.
What is MODE?
500
THE PROCESS WHEREBY WATER VAPOR TURNS BACK INTO A LIQUID, GOES FROM A GAS TO A LIQUID.
What is CONDENSATION?
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