Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Weather Instruments
Mass and Weight
Gases in the Atmosphere
100
a person who studies the weather
What is a meteorologist?
100
The scientific study of Earth's weather.
What is meteorology?
100
Measure temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit?
What is thermometer?
100
Define mass.
What is the amount of matter in an object.
100
Two gases that are most plentiful in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
200
A prediction about what kind of weather to expect.
What is a forecast?
200
The gases surrounding Earth.
What is atmosphere?
200
Measures humidity in percentage.
What is hygrometer?
200
Define weight.
What is the force an object exerts because of gravity?
200
Two gases that are only found in the troposphere and are variable gases.
What is carbon dioxide and water vapor?
300
Forced into a smaller space.
What is compressed?
300
Properties of air that affect weather.
What is weather factors?
300
Measures wind direction in compass points.
What is a wind vane?
300
True or false. Air has mass?
What is true?
300
A gas that is produced by cattle, coal mines, oil well, and gas pipelines, and a by-product of rice cultivation.
What is methane?
400
Weather that is dangerous or causes damage.
What is severe weather?
400
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
400
Measures wind speed in km/h.
What is anemometer?
400
A way to prove air has mass.
What is show balance between 2 balloons filled with air. Pop one to show the imbalance of mass?
400
The gas removed during photosynthesis?
What is carbon dioxide?
500
The push when compressed air pushes back.
What is pressure?
500
The force an object exerts because of gravity.
What is weight?
500
Measures air pressure in millibar.
What is barometer?
500
The atmospheric layer that contains most of the mass of the atmosphere?
What is the troposphere?
500
A permanent gas with the least percentage by volume compared to the other gases in the atmosphere.
What is xenon?
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