Thermal Heat
What do we use to measure the temperature?
What is a thermometer
What layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?
What is the Troposphere
What does a tornado look like?
What is a dark twisted, funnel that destroys everything in its path
What type of cloud is dark and large, and means that a thunderstorm is coming?
What is a cumulonimbus
What does a barometer measure?
A) Air Pressure or B) Humidity
What is A) Air Pressure
The celsius scale is the same as what other scale?
What is the kelvin scale
What layer of the atmosphere has the Ozone layer in it?
What is the Stratosphere
What type of weather has rain, thunder, and lightning?
Describe a cumulus cloud.
What is fluffy or puffy with a flat base
What is the freezing point of water?
What is 0 degrees C
When liquid water turns into gas, this process is called what?
What is evaporation
What layer of the atmosphere is closest to the Earth?
What is the Troposphere
What device measures wind SPEED only?
What is an anemometer
What type of cloud is stacked or in layers, meaning there is a chance of a drizzle?
What is a stratus
What device measures humidity?
A) Barometer B) Anemometer C) Hygrometer
What is C) Hygrometer
What is the boiling point of water?
What is 100 degrees C
What layer of the atmosphere is at the very top?
What is the Exosphere
Where does a tropical cyclone or hurricane form over?
What is a cirrus
What type of device measure BOTH wind speed and direction?
A) Wind vane B) Aerovane C) Anemometer
When a substance is heated, the particles stay the same size and it is the space between the particles that what?
What layer of the atmosphere has satellites orbiting around?
What is the Thermosphere
What type of weather is circulations of wind by seasons, also known as seasonal winds that flow to different areas in exact times during the year?
Name all four types of clouds that we have discussed.
What is cumulonimbus, cumulus, stratus, and cirrus
What does the Ozone layer protect us from?
What is the suns harmful UV rays