Meteorology
The branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere
What is meteorology?
Layers of gases surrounding the Earth.
What is the Earth's atmosphere?
What are the four stages of the water cycle?
The four steps to the water cycle are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
A dark area where light from a source is blocked by an opaque object.
What is a shadow?
The atmosphere, the biosphere, the lithosphere (geosphere), the hydrosphere.
The state of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
What is weather?
List AT LEAST three of the five layers of the atmosphere.
The five layers of our atmosphere are the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, the thermosphere, and the exosphere.
The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface.
What is the water cycle?
What knowledge can we gain from studying shadows?
By studying shadows, we can infer knowledge such as time of day and impending weather.
Weather instrument that measures wind speed AND direction.
What is a wind sock?
What are three factors that dictate weather?
Factors of weather include: temperature, precipitation, barometric pressure, cloud cover, wind, and humidity.
The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls air to Earth.
What is atmospheric pressure?
Name three different types of precipitation.
Different types of precipitation include: Drizzle, Rain, Slush, Snow, Ice crystals, Sleet, Graupel, Hail, and Megacryometeors
The Sun's light causes Earth to heat up. What causes seasons to occur on Earth?
Earth's tilted axis causes the seasons.
273K, 0°C, and 32°F are all significant AND have something in common. Why?
273K, 0°C, and 32°F are the freezing point of water.
A weather instrument that measures atmospheric (barometric) pressure
What is a barometer?
How does Earth rotation effect global winds?
Global winds curve as Earth rotates under them.
What type of clouds are associated with thunderstorms?
Nimbus clouds are associated with thunderstorms.
When the North Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's what season in the Northern Hemisphere?
When the North Pole tilts toward the sun, it is SUMMER in the Northern Hemisphere.
What substance makes up the most of the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen makes up the most of the Earths atmosphere.
The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state.
What is sublimination?
The effect that causes global winds to travel in the way that they do.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
When water gathers together and stays above ground as it moves.
What is runoff?
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, will the North Pole be tilted toward or away from the Sun during autumn?
Neither! During spring and autumn, the North and South Poles are EQUIDISTANT from the Sun.
What differentiates hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones from each other?
Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are differentiated by where they are formed. Otherwise, they are all the same type of severe weather.