The Air Around Us
Observing Weather
Weather Patterns
Seasons and Climate
Safety During Dangerous Weather
100
Earth's atmosphere is plentiful of this gas.
What is nitrogen?
100
I am a system of 50 or more wind turbines working together.
What is a wind farm?
100
These are used to gather weather information.
What is satellites?
100
An imaginary line that starts at the North Pole and runs through the center of Earth to the South Pole.
What is axis?
100
Do not walk or drive through this during a flash flood.
What is water?
200
Weather occurs in this layer of atmosphere.
What is troposphere?
200
An anemometer measures this.
What is wind speed?
200
Thunderstorms are often produced by this.
What is cold front?
200
I am the season that follows summer.
What is fall or autumn?
200
Avoid objects made of this during lightning.
What is metal?
300
The moon is different from the Earth in this way.
What is atmosphere?
300
When air in the atmosphere cools, air particles do this.
What is mover closer together?
300
This type of cloud means rain or snow possible.
What is stratus?
300
Scientists drill holes into this to get ice cores.
What is a glacier?
300
If possible, leave the area by the ocean if one of these storms are approaching land.
What is a hurricane?
400
Air's motion is this when it warms up.
What is rise?
400
You breathe harder at higher elevations because there is less of this gas.
What is oxygen?
400
A cumulus cloud often appears in this type of day in summer.
What is sunny?
400
These helps scientists find out how wet or dry the climate was in years past.
What are tree rings?
400
If outside or in a vehicle, you will want to get into one of these for protection.
What is ditch?
500
The process by which the atmosphere traps heat.
What is greenhouse effect?
500
A gas that has changed to a liquid.
What is condensation?
500
High-pressure areas brin this type of weather.
What is dry or clear?
500
The United States has this type of climate.
What is temperate?
500
Lightning usually strikes these objects first.
What is tallest?
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