What is air?
How does the water cycle affect weather?
What causes weather?
How does climate change?
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The layers of air that surround Earth's surface
What is atmosphere
100
The change of state from a gas to a liquid in the water cycle.
What is condensation
100
Clouds that are thin and look like feathers
What is cirrus clouds
100
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period time.
What is climate
200
The weight of air as it presses down on Earth's surface.
What is air pressure
200
The change of state from a liquid to a gas in the water cycle.
What is evaporation
200
A tool that measures temperature
What is thermometer
200
Have very cold temperatures throughout the year and are located around the North Pole and the South Pole.
What is polar climate
300
The only gases that make up air
What is nitrogen and oxygen
300
Any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface.
What is precipitation
300
A tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer
300
Places that usually have warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters. Tennessee is this type of climate.
What is temperate climate
400
The lowest layer of the atmosphere. Earth's weather occurs in this layer.
What is troposphere
400
Low-level clouds that form in layers that usually bring rain.
What is stratus clouds
400
The place where two air masses meet
What is front
400
Places that are hot and rainy for most or all of the year.
What is tropical climate
500
The second layer of the atmosphere. Airplanes travel in this layer.
What is the stratopshere
500
Clouds that are fluffy and are flat at the bottom.
What is cumulus clouds
500
A large body of air that has about the same temperature, air pressure, and moisture throughout.
What is air mass
500
Much of North America was covered by ice about 20,000 years ago.
What is the ice age.
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