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Essay question
100
Air particles pressing down on a surface.
What is air pressure?
100
instrument that measures humidity
What is a hygrometer?
100
describes how heat from the sun is trapped in the atmosphere to warm Earth
What is the greenhouse effect?
100
Layer of the atmosphere that is closest to the Earth
What is troposphere?
200
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
200
dark, towering clouds that bring heavy rain?
What is cumulonimbus?
200
a border formed where a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet
What is front?
200
a characteristic of warm air
What is forced upward by cooler air and exerts low pressure?
300
the layer of atmosphere just above most weather
What is stratosphere?
300
Thick, gray clouds near Earth's surface.
What is stratus?
300
air that surrounds our planet
What is atmosphere?
300
the four layers that make up Earth's atmosphere
What is thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere
400
the instrument that measures air pressure
What is barometer?
400
puffy, white clouds at middle altitudes
What is cumulus?
400
most weather occurs here
What is troposphere?
400
two properties that can be used to describe air masses
What is temperature and moisture?
500
large body of air that has moisture content and temperature similar to the water or land over which it formed
What is air mass?
500
thin, wispy clouds at high altitudes
What is cirrus?
500
the cloud type that usually brings heavy rain
What is cumuli-nimbus?
500
Would there be wind without the sun?
What is "No"?
500
Why or why not would there be wind without the sun?
What is "The sun's energy does not warm Earth evenly. This causes some air to be warmer than other air, which results in areas of high and low pressure. When high-pressure air masses meet low-pressure air masses, winds blow.
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