Atmospheric Layers
Metric System
Winds
Heating
Science Terms
100
The weather layer of the atmosphere
What is the troposphere
100
Which prefix means 1/1000?
What is milli-
100
These winds blow south from the North Pole
What are the polar easterlies
100
The closest that the earth gets to the sun is the
What is perihelion
100
What is the scientific name for the Northern Lights?
What is auroras
200
This layer has the coldest area in the atmosphere
What is the mesosphere
200
This prefix means 1000
What is kilo-
200
These winds blow around the tropical zones
What are the trade winds
200
Solar radiation that reaches the earth is called
What is insolation
200
This unit for measuring temperature is in the metric system
What is Celsius
300
The process of trapping thermal energy in the earth's atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect
300
This metric unit is used for measuring liquid
What is a liter
300
The calm areas in the tropical zones where sailors had to lighten their ships
What are the horse latitudes
300
Moving currents of hot air is called
What is convection
300
The layer that has the uniform mixture of gases is
What is homosphere
400
The outermost layer of the atmosphere
What is the exosphere
400
The prefix centi means
What is 1/100
400
The curve of the winds over the earth is caused by the
What is Coriolis effect
400
Direct contact between two objects causes this heat transfer...
What is conduction
400
The atmospheric pressure at sea level is
What is 14.7
500
How many layers are in the atmosphere?
What is 5
500
How many grams are in a kilogram?
What is 1000
500
This breeze blows from the sea to the land
What is a sea breeze
500
Radiation is heat transferred by
What are electromagnetic waves
500
A spiral of rotating wind around a region of high pressure
What is anticyclone
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