Instruments
Atmosphere
Weather 1
Weather 2
Weather 3
100
This instrument measures wind speed.
What is anemometer?
100
The layers of the atmosphere in order from Earth's surface to space.
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere.
100
The type of cloud associated with fair weather.
What is cumulus?
100
The uneven heating of air which causes air pressure differences.
What is wind?
100
Air masses that form over a desert will have these two characteristics.
What is hot and dry?
200
This instrument measures the direction a storm is moving.
What is a Wind Vane?
200
The percentages of the approximate composition of Earth's atmosphere.
What is 21% Oxygen, 78% Nitrogen, 1% Other gases.
200
This arrow shows condensation.
What is B?
200
Warm air rises, cools, sinks and replaces warm air.
What is convection current?
200
What is the temperature reading below in Celsius?
What is 23 degrees Celsius?
300
This instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
The difference between climate and weather. (Hint: one word!)
What is time?
300
The sun heats up the earth's surface which heats the air, and then some heat is trapped by the earth's atmosphere.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
300
During the night, warmer air over the water is replaced by cooler land air.
What is land breeze?
300
What type of front is moving towards City A?
What is a cold front?
400
This measures the amount of rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
400
Cooler temperatures and a clear sky is associated with what pressure system.
What is high pressure system?
400
Unsettled weather bringing steady precipitation is associated with what time of front.
What is a warm front?
400
Which of the following is NOT true about hurricanes?
a. formed over warm bodies of water
b. high wind speeds
c. cause massive amounts of damage
d. formed inland
What is d. formed inland?
400
What type of weather could you predict for city a?
Thunderstorms followed by cooler temps and clear skies.