Earth's Atmosphere
Weather Prediction
Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Fires and Floods
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
100
The layer of air that surrounds our planet is called the __________________.
What is atmosphere
100
______________ are scientists who study and measure weather conditions.
What are meteorologists
100
A huge storm that gathers heat and energy through contact with warm ocean waters.
What is a hurricane
100
The type of land most wildfires occur.
What are forested areas and grasslands
100
A sudden shock in the earth's surface.
What is an earthquake
200
At the surface of Earth, air particles are ____________ together.
What is closer
200
This is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer
200
The three parts of a hurricane.
What are the eye, the eye wall, and rainbands
200
The number one weather-related killer in the U.S.
What are floods
200
A mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth.
What is a volcano
300
The sun provides __________ for making weather.
What is energy
300
This is used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer
300
The region of the United States where tornadoes are most likely to occur.
What is the Great Plains
300
A way firefighters can put out wildfires.
What is "Pulaski", ring of dirt, or water and chemicals
300
An area of stress in the earth where broken rocks slide past each other, causing a crack in the earth's surface.
What is a fault
400
More energy reaches the ___________ than the poles.
What is equator
400
_____________ is the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity
400
A violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is a tornado
400
Name the four parts of the water cycle.
What is precipitation, condensation, collection, and evaporation
400
The three categories of volcanoes.
What is active, dormant, and extinct
500
When two air masses meet, they form a border called a _____________.
What is a front
500
This is used to measure the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer
500
Name the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon.
What is nothing, except place
500
An instrument used to detect precipitation intensity, wind direction, and speed.
What is a Doppler Radar
500
The types of volcanoes include: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, lava volcanoes, and __________ volcanoes.
What is shield
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