Vocabulary
Climate is weather conditions over how many years?
30
when water falls to earth it is called?
rainfall
How many layers of the atmosphere are there?
5
exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere
This is used to measure the amount of thermal energy (temperature)
thermometer
True or False.
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air
True
This weather phenomena can be soft like a breeze or strong like a hurricane
wind
These are called the outer layers and it is impossible to breathe here.
Exosphere, Thermosphere, and Mesosphere
to measure atmospheric pressure which instrument do we use?
barometer
This is the weight of the air on the Earth's surface
Atmospheric pressure
a collection of drops of liquid water
Clouds
This layer is mainly made up of ozone, which absorbs the Sun's rays and protects us
Stratosphere
Another name for this instrument is a rain gauge
hint: it measures the amount of water that falls to Earth
pluviometer
This is the amount of thermal energy and we use a thermometer to measure it
Temperature
Thunder, Lighting, Rainbows and the northern lights are all examples of?
Other phenome
Weather phenomena occur in this layer
Which of the following isn't an instrument used to measure weather phenomena:
a. pluviometer
b. barometer
c. ceilometer
d. hygrometer
c. ceilometer (this is used to measure the height of clouds
Match the definition to the word
1. Wind 2. Precipitation 3. Weather 4. Atmosphere
a. the amount of water that falls to Earth
b. the flow of air in the atmosphere
c. a layer of gas that surrounds the earth
d. the atmospheric conditions at a specific time
Wind - b
Precipitation - a
Weather - d
Atmosphere - c
Which of these are not an example of weather phenomena?
wind
rainfall
clouds
thunder
lighting
rainbows
TRICK QUESTION.
they are all examples of weather phenomena
Name all 5 layers of the atmosphere
exosphere
thermosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposphere
Name 3 instruments and which weather phenomena they meausre
thermometer - temperature
hygrometer - humidity
anemometer - wind
pluviometer - precipitation
barometer - atmospheric pressure