heat transfer
vocabulary
Air Pressure
Weather Features
Grab Bag
100
This is the kind of heat transfer that the Earth receives from the sun. In it, heat travels through space as light.
What is radiation
100
This kind of energy describes the movement of molecules. When molecules move more, there is more energy.
What is kinetic energy
100
True or False. There is less air pressure at high altitudes.
What is true.
100
This weather feature describes the amount of water that is in the air as a gas.
What is humidity
100
True or False. It takes the Earth 365 days to rotate around the sun.
False. The Earth revolves around the sun.
200
This is the kind of heat transfer that occurs through contact. Heat goes from an area with more energy to an area with less energy
What is conduction
200
This is a type of air pressure system that is associated with rain and bad weather.
What is low pressure
200
Temperatures at high altitudes tend to be lower than at low altitudes. One explanation for this is that the air is less _________ at high altitudes.
What is dense
200
This weather feature describes the density of the air.
What is atmospheric pressure or air pressure
200

Where would you find the Aurora Borealis?

Thermosphere 

300
This kind of heat transfer occurs through movement. Denser areas of cooler material sink, are heated, become less dense and rise.
What is convection
300
This is a type of current that creates a seabreeze. Warm air rises and is replaced by cooled falling air.
What is a convection current
300
Higher air pressure is associated with what kind of weather?
What is fair weather, sunny, etc.
300
This weather feature can be measured with a barometer.
What is air pressure or atmospheric pressure
300

What kind of cloud is associated with a warm front?

What is a nimbostratus cloud

400
Warmed materials rise because they are ______ _______ then cooled materials.
What is less dense
400

A gas that traps the sun's heat is called- Name 3 examples. 

a greenhouse gas. 

400
Which of the following does not need to occur for a cloud to form- Evaporation, Condensation, or Precipitation?
What is precipitation
400

What are the most abundant elements in the atmosphere? What are the percentages 

78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, and 1% Other. 

400

What amount of the sun's energy is radiated back into space?

70 percent

500
The spectrum of light waves describe radiation. On the spectrum, which light waves have the most energy/transmit the most radiation?
What is ultraviolet light.
500

This type of cloud forms when warm, rising air condenses into a "puffy" cloud shape during a cold front. 

What is a cumulonimbus

500

Air that is less dense is closest to the surface. True or False?

False

500

This weather feature is described as a comparison between the amount of water that is in the air as a gas and how much water the air can hold before precipitation occurs.

What is humidity

500

What are the three types of heat transfer? Give an example of each one.

Convection, Conduction and Radiation 

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