Water
The term used to describe when water changes from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
This occurs when the earth goes around the sun; 365 days
What is a revolution?
What is the definition of weather?
The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place
Objects in motion have this type of energy
What is kinetic energy?
The layer of the atmosphere where weather happens
What is the Troposphere?
The term used to describe when water changes from a gas to liquid
What is condensation?
This occurs when earth spins around its axis; 24 hours
What is a rotation?
The tool that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
When a substance can be heated with rays of light
The layer of the atmosphere where the jet stream and ozone are in
What is the Stratosphere?
The term used when water (snow, sleet, hail) falls from the sky.
What is precipitation?
The day of the year with the longest amount of daylight
What is Summer Solstice?
The tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
When a substance is heated, the heated portion rises and the cooler portion sinks.
What is convection?
The layer of atmosphere that meteors burn up in
What is the Mesosphere?
The term used to describe water from plants that evaporates into the atmosphere
What is transpiration?
This means “equal night” and means there is 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of night
What is equinox?
The tool that measures humidity
What is a hygrometer?
When a substance is heated by contact with the heat source
What is conduction?
The layer of the atmosphere where the northern and southern lights happen
What is the Thermosphere?
Finish the lyrics....
Condensation takes over It goes up to the clouds Water vapor cools down And it changes to a liquid, now
What is the term that means when the Earth’s orbit is farthest from the Sun
What is aphelion?
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to amount of water vapor needed to saturate the air at a given temperature (%)
What is relative humidity?
The only 2 gases in the atmosphere that can absorb significant amounts of radiation and heat the atmosphere
What are water vapor and carbon dioxide?
List the layers of the atmosphere from closest to Earth’s surface to farthest
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere