VOCAB
VOCAB
WEATHER
INSTRUMENT
TCAP
100
A huge volume of air responsible for certain types of weather in a given area
What is an air mass
100
Weather over a long period of time
What is climate
100
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere
100
Weather vanes are used to ___________________
What is tell the direction in which the wind is blowing
100
Which side of the mountain is most often dry?
What is the leeward side
200
The narrow region between two air masses that have different properties
What is a front
200
The mixture of gases that surrounds the planets
What is the atmosphere
200
How do maritime air masses effect weather?
What is they bring moisture into the area
200
This instrument measures the temperature outside
What is a thermometer
200
A land breeze is a local wind that blows from _______ toward __________
What is from land toward water
300
The layer in the atmosphere that contains the planet's ozone
What is the stratosphere
300
What are the 3 major climate zones?
What is Tropical, Polar and Temperate
300
The scientists that study weather are called
What is a meteorologist
300
A barometer measures the ______ __________
What is air pressure
300
What landform can cause an air mass to become less moist?
What are mountains
400
The coldest layer of the atmosphere
What is the mesosphere
400
A moving stream of water created by winds pushing against the ocean's surface
What is an ocean current
400
Meteorologists use _________________ to track weather from above Earth
What is satellites
400
An anemometer measures this part of wind
What is the speed
400
A _________ forms when warm air moves into an area of cooler air
What is a warm front
500
The very top layer that is hit by the Sun first
What is the thermosphere
500
The periodic change in direction of warm currents in the Pacific Ocean
What is El Nino
500
A useful tool in observing and forecasting weather is ____________
What is radar
500
This instrument measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen
What is a rain gauge
500
How do mountains affect air masses?
What is they make them drier
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