Clouds
What are clouds made of?
What is water and dust particles
From the earth to the exosphere, where space begins, the main layers in our atmosphere are what?
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
As part of the water cycle, water in lakes and rivers changes to water vapor through what process?
What is evaporation
What weather condition will occur if a low pressure tropical storm forms over water?
What are hurricanes
Name 3 types of clouds
What is cumulous, stratus and cirrus
The layer in our atmosphere where weather occurs is what?
What is troposphere
when the water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing
What is a precipitation
If the temperature was above 80 F and there was 90% humidity would you feel hot and sticky or hot and dry?
What is hot and sticky
What type of cloud is wispy and feathery
What is cirrus
In the stratosphere, there is a layer of gas called the ozone. Why is the ozone important?
What is it blocks ultraviolet (UV) rays from the Sun
True or false, underground water reserves are an example of surface water runoff?
What is false
What is lake-effect snow?
Snow caused by cold air passing over warm water
when air near the ground is cooled to its dew point, it forms a stratus cloud called?
What is FOG
Which layer of the atmosphere experiences the highest temperature?
What is the thermosphere
What process helps clouds form?
What is condensation
Why does the US get so many torados?
Because two mountain ranges trap in a hot and cold front that mix
the prefix nimbo means this.
What is precipitation
Someone who is trained to predict the weather is called a
What is a meteorologist
Why is is called a water "cycle"?
Because the water continues to move through Earth's systems. It never stops.
Why are hurricanes more powerful than tornados?
Hurricanes gain extra energy from the warm water they form over