Clouds
Atmosphere
Combination 1
Combination 2
Miscellaneous
100
How many main types of clouds are there?
What is three.
100
How many layers is the Earth's atmosphere divided into?
What is five.
100
Which clouds form in layers?
What is stratus.
100
What are the three ways clouds can be classified according to their "altitude?"
What is cirrus, alto, and stratus.
100

What is the difference between weather and climate?

What is weather refers to the day-to-day state of the atmosphere and climate is the long-term average of weather patterns in a region. 

200

What are the three main types of clouds?

What is cumulus, stratus, and cirrus.

200
What two gases mostly make up the Earth's atmosphere?
What is nitrogen and oxygen.
200
____________ is a layer of gases that surronds the Earth protecting it like a big blanket of insulation.
What is atmosphere.
200
Which layer does the top of Mount Everest reach?
What is the troposphere.
200

Which heats faster, land or water?

What is land heats and cools more rapidly than water. 

300
Name the two ways that clouds are classified.
What is height and appearance.
300
Which layer do weather balloons float?
What is stratosphere.
300
What clouds are puffy and appear to rise from a flat bottom?
What is cumulus.
300
Meteors burn up upon entry in to the ________________.
What is mesosphere.
300

What is the role of the ozone layer in Earth's atmosphere?

What is to absorb most of the harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun, protecting life on Earth from its damaging effects. 

400
Name the type of stratus cloud that developes near the Earth's surface?
What is fog.
400
At which layer do clouds and weather form?
What is the troposphere.
400
What type of cloud is made of ice crystals and have wisphy shapes, like feathers?
What is cirrus.
400
When water vapor cools and condenses, water vapor particles clump together and change into tiny droplets of water forming this.
What is a cloud.
400

What are some of the ways that humans impact Earth's atmosphere and climate?

What is burning fossil fuels, deforestation, agriculture, and industrial processes. 

500
What is the "dark and wet" cloud that usually produces rain or snow.
What is a nimbrostratus cloud.
500
Name the different layers of the Earth's atmosphere. (Closest--> Farthest)
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
500
What type of cloud is a good indicator of good weather?
What is a cirrus cloud.
500

What is the thunderstorm cloud that is usually associated with heavy rain, hail, snow, lightening, and tornadoes?

What is cumulonimbus cloud.

500

What are the main components of the water cycle?

What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff/collection.

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