Earth's Atmosphere
Air Currents & Wind
Oceans and Air Temperature
Severe Weather
Predicting the Weather
100
What is the instrument called which is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
What is a barometer
100
As you move north of the equator toward the North Pole, you can expect the air temperature to
What is decrease
100
What is the average weather conditions of a place or region called?
What is climate
100
How is a warm front represented on a map?
What is a line with red half circles
100
In a Low Pressure system, the wind circulates in which direction?
What is counter-clockwise
200
What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?
What is humidity
200
After a surface has been heated, what happens to the temperature of the air above it?
What is it increases
200
What moves heat around the world in the oceans?
What are currents
200
How is a cold front represented on a map?
What is a blue line with triangles
200
When is a weather forecast the LEAST accurate?
What is 2 - 4 days out
300
When air temperature in the atmosphere increases, the air particles do what?
What is move farther apart
300
What begins the creation of weather?
What is energy from the Sun
300
Name the warm water current that flows through the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Gulf Stream
300
Which state has the most tornados in the U.S.?
What is Texas
300
What kind of weather does a high pressure system usually bring?
What is cool, dry, clear weather
400
Which layer of the atmosphere contains all living things?
What is the troposphere
400
What causes wind?
What is the uneven heating of Earth's surface
400
What does the ocean do to our climate here on Earth?
What is keeps it moderate, non-extreme
400
How does the wind move in a tornado?
What is in a circular motion
400
What type of data does a weather balloon collect?
What is temperature, air pressure, and humidity
500
What does air pressure do when the air temperature in the atmosphere increases?
What is it decreases
500
What do you call the transfer of heat through the movement of a gas or liquid?
What is convection
500
What temperature is the current that flows along California's coast?
What is cold
500
Name 3 types of severe weather storms
What are thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, cyclones, and or monsoons
500
What is an anemometer?
What is an instrument that measures wind speed
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