Atmosphere
Weather Instruments
Precipitation
States of Matter
Water Cycle/Clouds
100
Thermosphere
What is the fourth layer of the atmosphere
100
Measures wind direction
What is wind vane
100
Droplets become large and heavy enough to fall to the ground
What is rain
100
What state of matter is hail?
What is a solid
100
The change from gas to liquid
What is condensation
200
Troposphere
What is the first layer of the atmosphere
200
Measures how much rain has fallen
What is rain gauge
200
As ice crystals gather moisture and get heavier, then they fall
What is snow
200
what state of matter is rain?
What is liquid
200
Any moisture that falls to earth
What is precipitation
300
Stratoshere
What is the second layer of the atmosphere
300
Measures wind speed
What is anemometer
300
Begin as raindrops in a thunderstorm
What is hail
300
What state of matter is ice
What is solid
300
the change from liquid to gas
What is evaporation
400
Exosphere
What is the fifth layer of the atmosphere
400
measures air pressure
What is barometer
400
As raindrops fall through freezing layers of air, they freeze and become small pellets of clear ice
What is sleet
400
What state of matter is water vapor?
What is gas
400
low, layered clouds
What is stratus
500
Ionsphere
What is the layer that mixes in with the Thermosphere
500
measures humidity
What is hygrometer
500
If temperature of air below the cloud is below freezing, ice crystals fall as
What is snow
500
low energy is what form of matter?
What is solid
500
piled up, fluffy clouds
What is cumulus
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