Weather or not
Desperate Measure-ments
Fabulous Vocab
"How am I supposed to remember that??"
Potpourri
100

The measure of current conditions in the atmosphere.

What is weather?

100

A scientific instrument that measures temperature.

What is a thermometer?

100

The amount of water vapor in the air.

What is humidity?

100

LIGHT ON THE RIGHT ITS:

What is waxing? (Moon phases)

100

The name of the wizard school in the "Harry Potter" series.

What is Hogwarts?

200

Weather trends of an area over a long period of time.

What is climate?

200

Many old scientific instruments used this toxic metal for measurements.

What is mercury?

200

When winds strengthen in the Pacific Ocean, causing warm surface water to be pushed west, allowing more cool water to rise from the deep.

What is La niƱa?

200

A lava lamp is an example of this type of heat transfer.

What is convection?

200

Singer known for hits like "Roar," "Firework," and "Dark Horse"

Who is Katy Perry?

300

All of the gasses between a planet's surface and outer space.

What is an atmosphere?

300

A device that takes measurements by shooting radio waves into the sky to measure the amount of water droplets.

What is radar? (Satellite is ok too)

300

Vocab word learned in class that means "very dry".

What is arid?

300

The unit of measure to tell how far north or south of the equator something is

What is Latitude?

300

The Disney ride that Mr. Kruger's mug purchased from.

What is The Tower of Terror?

400

The most common gas in our atmosphere.

What is nitrogen?

400

A barometer is a device that measures this.

What is Pressure?

400

Any form of water that falls to Earth's surface; includes rain, sleet, snow, and hail.

What is Precipitation?

400

The name of the imaginary longitude line through Greenwich England where time "starts"

What is the Prime Meridian?

400

The longest river in the world.

What is the Nile River?

500

This type of system may indicate a storm is coming.

What is a Low pressure system?

500

This temperature scale uses water freezing as 0 degrees.

What is Celsius?

500

The type of climate that is very mild, somewhere like Seattle.

What is Temperate?

500

The name of the cloud of ash and debris that travels quickly down the side of a volcano.

What is Pyroclastic Flow?

500

The director of the classic "Jurassic Park" movie.

Who is Steven Spielberg?

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