Vocabulary
Weather Instruments
Layers of theAtmosphere
Atmosphere Characteristics
Measurement Units
100
A person who studies the weather
What is meterology
100
Measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
The layer where weather happens.
What is the troposphere?
100
A type of gas that stays contant in our atmosphere.
What is permanent gases?
100
The measurement unit is used to measure temperature?
What is Degrees F or C
200
The gases surrounding the Earth
What is the atmosphere?
200
Measures wind direction
What is a wind vane
200
The ionosphere is in this layer.
What is the thermosphere?
200
Gases that either increase or decrease in our atmosphere.
What is variable gases?
200
The measurement unit is used to measure humidity?
What is percentage?
300
The push when compressed air pushes back
What is pressure?
300
Measure wind speed
What is anemometer
300
The layer where atoms and modecules make a transition into space. It extends 300-600 km above the earth
What is the exosphere?
300
Carbon dioxide is this type of gas.
What is variable gas?
300
The measurement unit used to measure wind speed.
What is mph or kph?
400
Forces into a smaller space
What is compressed?
400
Measures air pressure
What is air pressure?
400
This layer is 50-80 km above Earth surface. Meteors burn up here.
What is the mesosphere?
400
Nitrogen and oxygen are this type of gas.
What is permanent gases?
400
The measurement unit that is used to measure air pressure with the barometer.
What is barometer.
500
The push when compressed air pushes back
What is pressure?
500
Measures humidity
What is a hygrometer?
500
This layer contanes a layer of ozone that absorbs UV from the sun.
What is the stratosphere?
500
The measurement tool that measures wind direction.
What is compass points?
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