Observation vs. Inference/Scientific Method
Atmosphere/Seasonality
Heat Transfer/Earth's Motion
Breezes/Fronts/Air Pressure
Weather Measurement/Severe Weather
100
One is what can be measured or counted, the other is described, not measured.
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations?
100
At 50km in altitude, this atmosphere layer will make your blood boil.
What is the Mesosphere?
100
This type of heat transfer can only occur when one object makes direct contact with another.
What is radiation?
100
As altitude increases, this decreases.
What is air pressure?
100
These are the 4 main types of precipitation.
What are rain, snow, hail, and sleet?
200
A measurable, replicable prediction.
What is a hypothesis?
200
90% of all weather occurs in this atmospheric layer.
What is the troposphere?
200
This type of heat transfer can only occur in air or water.
What is convection?
200
What is an illustration of a land breeze?
200
This severe weather is rated on the Fujita Scale.
What are tornadoes?
300
This step of the scientific method is intended to communicate results of an experiment.
What is the conclusion?
300
These are the five layers of the atmosphere (in order).
What are troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
300
The sun heating up a car is an example of this type of heat transfer.
What is radiation?
300
Warm air rising bringing cool air up from the valley.
What is a valley breeze?
300
Friction within a cloud causes a negative charge that disperses to the ground to create this weather phenomenon.
What is lightning?
400
Conclusions or deductions based on observations.
What are inferences?
400
When the norther hemishpere is titled towards the Sun it is experiencing this season.
What is Summer?
400
This diagram is an illustration of this effect.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
400
One is caused by warm air sinking down, the other is caused by cool air rising.
What is the difference between high and low pressure?
400
This is the proccess that causes precipitation.
What is the cooling and condensation of warm water vapor?
500
The truck was distracted by the loose dog, ran the stop sign, and crashed into the car.
What is an example of an inference?
500
The only factor that creates the Earth's seasons.
What is Earth's Tilt?
500
The following scenarior inlcudes these types of heat transfers: A metal pot is placed on a hot stove burner. The pot is filled with water. The pot and water become hot and eventually start to boil. Chris places his hands a few inches above the hot water and has to remove them because they are getting too hot.
What are conduction, convection, and radiation?
500
These three types of fronts are pictured in this map.
What is a warm front, cold front, and occluded front?
500
This has a measurement unit of g/m3 and utilizes a hygrometer to measure it.
What is humidity?