Weather Instruments
Atmospheric Layers
Too Many Conversions
Weather Vocabulary
Wind
100
The weather instrument used to show wind direction.
What is a wind vane.
100
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth's surface.
What is the troposphere.
100
Convert 60 degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius.
What is 15 degrees Celsius.
100
Water vapor changes into liquid water during this phase change.
What is condensation.
100
This is what makes winds.
What is differences in air pressure.
200
The weather instrument used to show the temperature and the two units (English and Metric) used to indicate air temperature?
What is a thermometer and what is Fahrenheit and Celsius.
200
The layer of the atmosphere 90 kilometers above sea level.
What is the Thermosphere.
200
Convert 300 Kelvin to Celsius.
What is 27 degrees Celsius.
200
Warm, moist air rises and expands, then cools. The temperature air must cool to form a cloud by condensation.
What is the dewpoint temperature.
200
Winds blow from ________ air pressure to ______ air pressure.
What is high air pressure to low air pressure.
300
The weather instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer.
300
The atmospheric layer with a temperature between 0 degrees Celsius and -90 degrees Celsius
What is the Mesosphere.
300
Covert 29.50 inches of Hg (mercury) to millibars.
What is 999.0 millibars.
300
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity.
300
The direction of the air in a high pressure system using two characteristics.
What is clockwise and out.
400
The two units used to indicate air pressure.
What is inches and millibars.
400
This layer is well known for absorbing ultraviolet radiation.
What is the stratosphere.
400
Convert 976.0 millibars to inches of Hg (mercury).
What is 28.82 inches of Hg.
400
Units for heat energy.
What is Joules.
400
Warm air over the Equator forms regions of _____ air pressure while cold air over the Poles forms regions of _____ air pressure.
What is low air pressure over the Equator and high air pressure over the Poles.
500
The weather instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is anemometer.
500
The air pressure is 1.0 atmosphere at this location.
What is sea level.
500
The temperature water boils in Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin.
What is 212 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Celsius, and 374 Kelvin
500
The name of the chart that shows the most common element in the Troposphere and the most common element in the Troposphere..
What is the Average Chemical Composition of the Earth's Crust, Hydrosphere, and Troposphere and what is Nitrogen.
500
Winds curve because the Earth rotates. The name given to this effect.
What is the Coriolis Effect.
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