Atmosphere
Weather
Wind
Air pressure
Instruments
100
Nitrogen
What is the largest part of air that makes up the atmosphere?
100
Troposphere
What is the place where weather occurs?
100
The movement of air.
What is wind?
100
barometer
What is an instrument used to measure air pressure?
200
Oxygen
What is the second most plentiful gas in the air. Makes up 21% of the air.
200
The moon
Name a place where there is no atmosphere.
200
weather instrument that shows direction wind is blowing in.
What is a wind sock
200
This rises when heated.
What is air?
200
thermometer
What is used to measure temperature?
300
Water vapor and carbon dioxide
What are some other gases that make up the air? Makes up about 1% of the air.
300
The weather that prevails (happens) from year to year, season to season.
What is climate?
300
weather instrucment that measure wind speed
What is an anemometer?
300
Anemometer
What is used to measure wind speed?
400
Plants need carbon dioxide and animals (including humans) need oxygen.
How do plants and animals rely on each other?
400
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
What is weather?
400
the change of water from a vapor to a liquid.
What is condensation?
400
Pressure that brings cold, stormy weather
What is low pressure system?
400
Wind vane or wind sock
What is used to measure wind direction?
500
Troposphere. Stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
What are the layers of the atmosphere and which layer does weather occur in?
500
The process in which heat fron Earth is trapped by the atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
500
the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
500
Pressure that brings clear, dry days.
What is high pressure?
500
Rain Gauge
What is used to measure precipitation?
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