Earth
Atmosphere, Lithosphere, and Hydrosphere
Weather Climate
Weather Hazards
Oceans of the Earth
100
The spinning motion of the Earth
What is rotation?
100
The element that takes up 78% of the atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
100
A large body of air that has a uniform tempature and moisture conditions throughout it.
What is air mass?
100
A fierce storm with strong winds, blowing snow, and very cold temperatures.
What is a blizzard?
100
This covers three-fourths of the Earth.
What is an ocean?
200
The degree the Earth rotates every hour.
what is 15°?
200
The process when the sun changes liquid water to water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200
The attempt to make accurate predictions of future weather.
What is weather forcasting?
200
A storm who's safest place is a basement or underground cellar.
What is a tornado?
200
The daily rise and fall of ocean waters.
What are tides?
300
The time the Earth rotates around its axis.
What is 24 hours?
300
The cycle where plants absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen in the process of photosynthesis.
What is the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle?
300
This is caused by chemicals in smoke, which increase the acidity of the moisture in clouds, and occurs when the moisture falls to Earth.
What is acid rain?
300
A calm region in the storms center.
What is the eye of the hurricane?
300
This is produced by global winds blowing great distances across the oceans surface.
What is a surface current?
400
An imaginary rod extending through earth between North and South poles.
What is the axis of rotation?
400
Formed when water vapor condenses onto cool surfaces or objects.
What is dew?
400
The amount of water vapor present in the air.
What is humidity?
400
Occurs when falling rain freezes at Earth's surface, coating everything with ice.
What is an ice storm?
400
Movements of water caused by differences in its density.
What are density currents?
500
The month where the Earth's orbit comes the closest to the sun.
What is January?
500
The circulation of air.
What is convection?
500
It is used to measure the amount of precipitation in inches.
What is a rain gauge?
500
A haze formed by the reaction of sunlight with chemicals in automobile exhaust and factory smoke.
What is smog?
500
The number of kilometers a tsunami wave can travel per hour.
What is 800 kilometers?
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