Vocabulary
The Water Cycle
Clouds & Storms
Layers of the Atmosphere
Fronts
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What is the name of a scientist who studies Meteorology?
a meteorologist.
100
What are the three main parts of the water cycle?
Condensation Precipitation Evaporation
100
What type of cloud indicates fair weather?
Cumulus Clouds
100
What is the atmosphere?
A layer of air that surrounds the Earth.
100
What symbol indicates a warm front?
Red half-circles
200
What is climate? What is weather?
Climate: the pattern of weather that occurs over long periods of time Weather: the daily changes in the temperature, rainfall, sunshine, etc.
200
Name four types of precipitation.
Snow, Rain, Sleet, Hail
200
What kind of weather does a nimbus cloud indicate?
Rain or stormy weather.
200
What are the four layers of the atmosphere?
Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Ionosphere
200
What symbol is used to indicate a cold front?
Blue Triangles
300
What causes seasons to occur?
The tilt of the earth.
300
What is an example of condensation?
Water on the outside of a glass, shower, or window.
300
Which moves faster?: The sound from thunder or the speed of light from lightning?
Light from lightning
300
The Thermosphere is broken into 2 parts: the ________ and the ___________ .
The ionosphere and the exosphere
300
What is the term for a transition between two temperatures, or air density zones
a front
400
Describe Tornado Alley.
The area of the United States where most tornadoes occur.
400
What is required for evaporation?
Heat.
400
In what season do thunderstorms mostly happen?
Summer
400
In which layer of the atmosphere does most weather happen?
the Troposphere
400
What is a stationary front?
The type of front that creates calm weather that stays the same for several days.
500
What is the name for the horizontal forces of air movement?
wind
500
What would evaporate faster? A puddle of water in Antarctica, or a puddle of water in Phoenix?
Phoenix
500
Where is the calmest place of the storm?
The eye of the storm.
500
What level of the atmosphere would you see a plane flying?
The Statosphere
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What is an occluded front?
The type of front where a cold front collides with a warm front and pushes the warm air up over the cool air that is in front of this warm front.
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