Atmosphere& Meteorology
What scientists who study the atmosphere are called
What are meteorologists
Term given for average weather conditions over time
What is climate
What term describes how water is reused over and over
What is water cycle
Hurricanes lose power when they do this
What is reach land
Name of the main mineral dissolved in seawater
What is salt
The term given for moisture that falls from the atmosphere
What is precipitation
Event believed to be triggered by the Flood
What is the Ice Age
What forms when water vapor condenses in the atmosphere
What is a cloud
God provides a way to return nitrogen to the soil through this
What is lightning
Term for the highest point of a wave
What is crest
Name the 3 events recorded in the Bible that drastically affected the surface of the earth
What are Creation, Fall, and Flood
Name of very dry climate
What is desert
All snowflakes have this many sides
What is 6
Name for a spiraling cloud that does not touch the ground
What is a funnel cloud
Name for deep valleys in the ocean floor
What are trenches
The name of the outermost part of the atmosphere
What is the exosphere
This climate is wet and warm year round
What is tropical
These clouds form in layers or sheets
What are stratus
This weather phenomenon keeps temperatures more even on earth
What is wind
This is the lowest place on earth
What is the Mariana Trench
Name the part of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere
Term for conditions in the atmosphere at a given time
What is weather
These clouds are big and fluffy
What are cumulus
What forms when two air masses meet
What is a weather front
Term for a body of warm water in the Pacific Ocean that greatly affects weather
What is El Niño