Weather
a. degrees celcius
b. temperature
c. thermometer
d. weather
evaporation
Water that falls back to earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail is _______________
precipitation
Which place has only frozen water?
a. the air
b. the soil
c. a glacier
d. an ocean
c. glacier
Which word is the name for the condition of the atmosphere at one place and time?
a. condensation
b. precipitation
c. thunder
d. weather
d. weather
What is the never ending movement between Earth's surface and the air called?
The water cycle
____________ is the measure of how hot or cold something is
temperature
Which of these places holds the most fresh water?
a. ponds and seas
b. lakes and oceans
c. rivers and streams
d. glaciers and icebergs
d. glaciers and icebergs
Sometimes you hear a rumble of thunder when you see dark clouds in the sky. What kind of weather is likely to happen next?
Thunderstorm
Which of these is the way that liquid water moves from the air to the ground?
a. condensation
b. evaporation
c. precipitation
d. water cycle
c. precipitation
A ___________ is a snowstorm with strong wind and a very low temperature
blizzard
Explain why the atmosphere must be studied in order to study winds.
So that we can know the weather which will tell us about the wind.
Which weather condition do you not measure with an instrument?
a. wind direction
b. precipitation type
c. .present temperature
d. precipitation amount
b. precipitation type
Which of these would make a good sun for a model of the water cycle?
a. a light bulb
b. a cake pan
c. a rubber ball
d. a glow stick
a. a light bulb
________ is one of the gases in earths atmosphere and what we need to breathe
Oxygen
A thick layer of gases surrounds earth. Which of these is the name for the mixture of gases in the layer?
a. air
b. oxygen
c. water vapor
d. windy weather
a. air
One of the gases in the atmosphere is an important part of the weather. Which of the following is the gas that is part of the weather?
a. oxygen
b. nitrogen
c. water vapor
d. carbon dioxide.
c. water vapor
Which list shows the correct order of how water from the ocean becomes rain?
a. condensation, evaporation, precipitation
b. condensation, precipitation, evaporation
c. evaporation, precipitation, condensation
d. evaporation, condensation, precipitation
d
__________ is a tool that collects rain and shows how much has fallen
rain gauge
Which tool would you use to measure wind direction?
wind vane