The Earth's Realms
Weather Instruments
Weather Terms
Clouds
Trivia
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What is the atmosphere?
Layers of air and gases that surround earth.
100
Which tool is used to measure temperature?
Thermometer
100
What do we call a prediction of weather?
a forecast
100
What are the clouds that are the highest and look like feathers of ice running across the sky?
Cirrus clouds
100
What are the 4 types of precipitation?
rain, snow, sleet, hail
200
What is the geosphere?
The Earth's crust which is made up of soil and different kinds of rocks.
200
Which tool is used to measure wind?
Anemometer
200
What do we call the border between 2 air masses?
A front
200
What are the clouds that look like bright white wads of cotton in the sky?
Cumulus clouds
200
How much of the Earth's surface is covered with water?
75%
300
What is the hydrosphere?
The Earth's water which is found underground, on the surface and in the air.
300
Which tool is used to measure humidity?
Hygrometer
300
What is the difference between a cold front and a warm front?
A warm front is a mass of warm air and a cold front is a mass of cold air
300
What are the clouds that form gray sheets that spread across the sky?
Stratus clouds
300
What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?
Humidity
400
What causes prevailing winds to move in curved paths?
The Earth's rotation on its axis.
400
Which tool is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
Barometer
400
What do you call a large body of air that has teh same temperature and humidity throughout?
Air mass
400
Which clouds would you see during nice fair weather?
cirrus or cumulus clouds
400
What is the term for water that seeps under the surface of the Earth?
Groundwater
500
What layer of the atmosphere does weather take place? Why?
The troposhere. Water vapour plays an important role in producing many weather systems and this water vapor is mostly confined to the lowest layer of the atmosphere called the troposphere.
500
Which tool is used to measure how much rain has fallen?
Rain Gauge
500
What is the study of weather called?
Meteorology
500
What are the clouds that are the largest and they look wide at the bottom, narrowing in the middle, then wide and flat at the top?
Cumulonimbus clouds
500
What is the movement of water from Earth, to the atmosphere, and back to Earth?
The Water Cycle
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