Chapter 1
Weather patterns in a place over a long period of time is ________________.
a. Weather
b. Atmosphere
c. Climate
d. Seasons
c. Climate
True or False:
Water vapor is the layer of air that surrounds the Earth.
False
The movement of air is called __________.
Wind
True or False:
A meteorologist is a scientist who studies weather.
True
True or False:
The hemisphere of the Earth that is pointed towards the sun experiences summer.
True
True or False:
Warm air masses sink.
False
What is a change from liquid to gas?
Evaporate
A large body of air in the atmosphere is an ____________.
a. wind
b. air mass
c. wind speed
d. wind direction
b. air mass
A ____________ is what is likely to happen.
a. data
b. thermometer
c. meteorologist
d. predicition
d. predication
Parts of the Earth that are tilted toward the sun receive ____________.
a. more direct sunlight and hours of daylight
b. the season of spring
c. lower daytime temperatures
d. less direct sunlight
a. more direct sunlight and hours of daylight
The atmosphere is approximately ________________ thick.
a. seventy kilometers
b. seventy miles
c. seven kilometers
d. seven miles
b. seventy miles
The measurement of how much water vapor in the air is ___________.
a. condensation
b. water vapor
c. precipitation
d. humidity
d. Humidity
Regular patterns of win are called _____________ ________.
a. sailing winds
b. air pressure
c. prevailing winds
d. front
c. prevailing winds
A hygrometer measures how much __________ is in the air.
a. air pressure
b. rainfall
c. humidity
d. temperature
c. humidity
___________ means related to the seasons (summer, winter, fall, or spring).
Seasonal
A ___________ is the place where two air masses meet.
a. air pressure
b. front
c. wind mass
d. prevailing wind
a. air pressure
List the four forms of precipitation.
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What tool do scientists use to determine the direction the wind is blowing?
a. wind vane
b. anemometer
c. thermometer
d. barometer
a. wind vane
Front
What is the name of the imaginary straight line through the North and South Poles called its _______.
Axis
List the three states of matter.
Solid, liquid, gas
At a certain point, known as the ______ ________, water condenses on the surface of objects, such as grass and windows.
dew point
What tool do scientists use to measure wind speed?
Anemometer
What does a barometer mesaure?
Air pressure
At times in Earth's history, climates in some places were different from what they are today. For example, ______ _______ were long periods of time when temperatures remained very cold in certain places.
ice ages