Storms
Weather Forecasts
Air Masses
Oceans & Weather
Random Science
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Tool we can use to measure the temperature of the atmosphere (super high up)
What is a weather balloon
100
A state that has hot, dry air
What is: states in the dessert
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California, Nevada, Utah
100
The boundary between two air masses
What is a front
100
Name of the line where oceans are the hottest
What is: equator
100
The sixth planet from the sun
What is Saturn
200
Thunderstorms need high or low humidity to form
What is: high humidity (warm water molecules rise creating clouds, rain, hail)
200
What happens when warm and cold air masses interact? 
What is: Warm air will rise above the cold air. This can cause rain, hail, and thunderstorms
200
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass collide, which rises higher? Why?
What is: warm air mass rises higher because warmer molecules are moving faster and are more expanded meaning they are less dense than cold air masses
200
Where is the ocean the coolest?
What is north and south poles
200
An organism that eats only meat
What is a carnivore
300
The circular movement of hotter, less dense molecules rising and colder more dense molecules sinking
What is convection
300
Why does the temperature get cold right before a storm?
What is: a cold air mass and warm air mass collide which causes the cold, more dense, air to sink lower and we feel a rush of cold air on a hot day.
300
The direction prevailing winds flow
What is East
300
Why are there more storms where the ocean is hotter?
What is: warm weather causes water molecules to evaporate into the air (molecules move faster and become less dense), this creates clouds, rain, storms
300
When a roller coaster reaches the top of a hill it has a maximum of this type of energy.
What is potential energy
400
Why does hail form in the summer and not the winter?
What is: When it is really hot out, water and air molecules speed up and expand which causes them to rise high (humidity). The temperature high in the atmosphere is cold. Water molecules start to freeze creating hail stones.
400
Why does more snow fall in higher elevations. 
What is: clouds are pushed high in the atmosphere causes water molecules to freeze and fall as snow
400
What type of land mass could prevent precipitation from traveling inland?
What is: Mountain range
400
Name for movement of water in the ocean
What is ocean current
400
Which variable do you watch and measure throughout an experiment?
What is dependent variable
500
The name of a hail cloud
What is Cumulonimbus Cloud
500
What is relative humidity?
What is: the amount of water vapor in air. Expressed as a percent of the total amount of water vapor the air can hold at that temperature.
500
Why is there more precipitation traveling inland from the Gulf Coast (New Orleans) than from the Pacific Northwest (Seattle)?
What is: Precipitation falls heavily in the mountain range (Stampede pass) because the mountain pushes the air up. As the air sinks there is little moisture left. There are no mountain ranges in the Southeast, so moisture travels further.
500
Why is there less precipitation in Long Beach, California than Myrtle Beach, South Caroline even though they are on the same line of latitude?
What is: The ocean is cooler (64 degrees) in Long Beach compared to 77 degress in Myrtle Beach. Warmer temperatures cause more humidity and precipitation.
500
This can occur with the movement of tectonic plates along fault lines.
What is an earthquake