Meteorology
Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere. Climate is weather conditions over a relatively long period of time.
What is "ozone"?
This is the official name of the mineral which makes up the majority of ocean water.
What is "sodium chloride"?
This is another name for the "hydrologic cycle".
What is the "water cycle"?
When is the correct time to use the articles "a" and "an"?
You use "a" before words with a consonant sound. You use "an" before words with a vowel sound.
The gases that fill our atmosphere are referred to as this.
What is "air"?
What do the roots "homos" and "heteros" mean?
"Homos" means "same". "Heteros" means "different.
The tallest mountain in the world.
What is a "tsunami"?
Write 3 1/10 as a decimal.
What is 3.1?
These are the layers of the atmosphere where weather happens and where planes fly.
What is the troposphere and the stratosphere?
These are the two major regions in which our atmosphere is divided.
What is the "homosphere" and "heterosphere". The homosphere is made up of a mix of several gases. The heterosphere has several layers of different gases.
These are the four layers of the ocean floor.
What are the continental shelf, shelf break, continental slope, and the abyssal plain?
These clouds form at high altitudes and are feathery in appearance.
What are cirrus clouds?
What is 9% of 300?
.09 x 300 = 27
These are the three things needed in order for clouds to form.
What are warm air cooling, dust particles, and moist air.
El Nino and El Nina differ how?
El Nino is when the temperature of the ocean surface is warmer than normal (during winter months). El Nina is the opposite - when the temperature of the ocean surface is cooler than normal. These temperature changes affect all areas in the Pacific Ocean.
Explain why humans cannot visit the deepest parts of the ocean.
The deeper you go, the more water is on top of you, pushing down on you; therefore creating great pressure which is unsustainable for the human body.
What is "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus".
What is it when you think something is true? What is a statement made (spoken or in writing) which someone believes to be true?
TRaveling? Show Me THE EXit! What do the underlined letters help us to remember? Name them.
This helps us remember the 5 atmospheric layers. They are troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere.
How do storms in the northern and southern hemispheres differ (in regards to tornadoes and hurricanes)?
In the northern hemisphere, winds spin in a counter-clockwise rotation. In the southern hemisphere, they spin in a clockwise rotation.
Describe the difference between waves and tides.
Waves are rhythmic, back-and-forth motion of water that transfers energy without any overall direction of the water mass. Tides are regular and predictable changes in ocean movement due to the gravitational pull of the Moon.
This is the mechanisms deep sea creatures have to create their own light.
What is bioluminescence?
What beliefs do the three monotheistic religions have in common? What beliefs do they not agree on?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all believe in one god who instructed a man to write down the truth. They differ in their belief in who was spoken to and what truth was spoken.