Weather
Atmosphere
Weather Predicting
Storms
Vocabulary
100
Scientists who predict the weather
What is a meteorologist
100
The gas that makes up the majority of the atmosphere, and its percentage
What is Nitrogen 78%
100
Lines on a map that connect areas of equal air pressure
What are isobars
100
The type of clouds that produce thunderstorms and tornadoes
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
100
Heat transfer by direct contact
What is conduction
200
The direction weather patterns move in the United States
What is from the west toward the east
200
Name the properties of air
What is mass, pressure and density
200
A blue line with triangles on a weather map would represent
What is a cold front
200
Sudden spark of energy that jumps between parts of clouds
What is lightning
200
Heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
What is radiation
300
Technology used to help predict the weather
What is weather balloons, computers and satellites
300
The part of the atmosphere that protects us from harmful UV rays
What is the ozone layer
300
The freezing point of water in Celcius is
What is 0 degrees
300
A rapidly whirling funnel shaped cloud that touches Earth's surface
What is a tornado
300
Heat transfer by fluid movement (movement of molecules)
What is convection
400
The associated weather with a high pressure system
What is clear and dry
400
The layer of the atmosphere that is divided into two layers
What is the thermosphere
400
A body of air with similar pressure, temperature and humidity is
What is an air mass
400
A low pressure center of warm water in the Atlantic Ocean with winds greater than 119 km/hr
What is a hurricane
400
Instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer
500
Tool used to measure relative humidity
What is a psychrometer
500
The major chemical in photochemical smog
What is ozone
500
When two air masses meet and do not mix a _________ forms
What is a front
500
A dome of water that sweeps across the land where the hurricane hits, causing great damage
What is a storm surge
500
The rotation of Earth that makes it seem as if the winds curve
What is the Coriolis Effect
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