Instruments
Atmosphere
Clouds
Winds
Grab Bags
100
Instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
What is Barometer
100
Middle layer of the Atmosphere
What is the Mesosphere
100
The three cloud types
What is Cirrus, Cumulus and Stratus
100
The equatorial belt of light and variable converging winds.
What is Doldrums
100
Instrument used in measuring temperature
What is the Thermometer
200
The unit of a Barometer
What is Millibars
200
The outer layer of the Atmosphere
What is the Exosphere
200
The lowest cloud type
What is Stratocumulus
200
Winds that flows outward from high pressure
What is Divergence
200
Tropic that is 23.5 Degrees north of the Equator
What is Tropic of Cancer
300
What measures humidity.
What is a Hygrometer
300
2 main elements in the Atmosphere.
What is Oxygen and Nitrogen
300
Another name for Cumulonimbus clouds.
What is Thunderheads
300
High and low pressures
What is the cause of winds
300
Location where strongest winds recorded
What is Antarctica
400
Instrument that measures Wind Speed
What is Anemometer
400
The level where Weather occurs.
What is The Troposphere
400
What is the highest cloud type.
What is Cirrus
400
What provides most of the air flow over America
What is the Prevailing Westerlies
400
Used by sailors to navigate before GPS.
What is Sextant
500
Special instrument that uses a vacuum Chamber
What is Aneroid Barometer.
500
Separates the troposphere and Stratosphere.
What is the Tropopause
500
Term for Atmospheric Particles
What is the Hygroscopic Nuclei
500
Zone between 60 Degrees and the poles.
What is Polar Easterlies
500
The State in which the strongest Tornado was recorded
What is Oklahoma
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