A large block of air with similar properties through out.
What is an air mass?
100
The continuous movement of water between the Earth and the atmosphere.
What is the Water Cycle?
100
The weather instrument that measures temperature?
What is a thermometer?
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Describe how a canyon is formed.
What is by water erosion?
200
A maritime polar air mass has this type of air.
What is moist and cold?
200
Clouds are formed from this.
What is water or ice?
200
The weather tool that measures the amount of rain?
What is a rain gauge?
200
The dropping off of bits of eroded rock.
What is deposition?
200
Name at least 3 different parts of a river.
What is delta, tributary, meander, mouth?
300
A continental tropical air mass has this type of air.
What is dry and hot?
300
These are the major winds that push weather into North Carolina.
What is prevailing westerlies?
300
The weather tool that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
This is how water can break apart a rock.
What is by freezing and expanding?
300
The map you would use to determine the elevation of a mountain you were hiking.
What is a topographic map?
400
A boundary that is formed between two air masses.
What is a front?
400
These are large storms made up of many cumulonimbus clouds. They start in warm oceans and rotate around an "eye."
What is a hurricane?
400
What is the weather tool that measures air pressure?
What is a barometer?
400
How can humans cause erosion?
What is by clear cutting or deforestation?
400
Tell the difference between a valley and a canyon.
What is a valley has sloping sides and a canyon has very steep sides.
500
A front that is formed when a cold and warm air masses pushes together and gets stuck.
What is a stationary front?
500
During the day, air over the land becomes warmer and rises. The cooler air over the water sinks. When the air moves from the sea to the land it is called this.
What is Sea Breeze?
500
The weather instrument that measures humidity.
What is a hygrometer?
500
Describe what land looks like after a glacier has eroded it.
What is carved out with grooves in the rock. There may also be small pebbles that were broken down by the glacier.
500
Describe an area that would have a lot of erosion.
What is a very steep mountain with little plant life?