WINDS
ATMOSPHERE
CLIMATE
WEATHER
MISCELLANEOUS
100
It moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
What is wind?
100
The layer of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is located.
What is the stratosphere?
100
Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it.
What are meteorologists?
100
The most common form of precipitation.
What is rain?
100
The average amount of energy of motion of each particle of a substance.
What is temperature?
200
Winds that blow over short distances.
What are local winds?
200
Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat.
What are greenhouse gases?
200
A small area with climate conditions different from those around it.
What is a microclimate?
200
The sudden discharge of electricity in a storm.
What is lighting?
200
It cools and warms faster than water.
What is land?
300
The flow of air from an ocean or lake to the land.
What are sea breezes?
300
The most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
300
Dense forests in which large amounts of rain fall year-round.
What are rain forests?
300
Clouds that form thunderstorms and tornadoes.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
300
The distance from the equator measured in degrees.
What is latitude?
400
Bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth's surface.
What are the jet streams?
400
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.
What is convection?
400
The climate of a region is determined by these.
What are temperature and precipitation?
400
August, September and October
What/When is hurricane season?
400
Tree rings, pollen, fossils of ancient plants and animals, and glaciers.
What are sources of evidence scientists use to learn about ancient climates?
500
The way Earth's rotation makes winds curve.
What is the Coriolis effect?
500
The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to this.
What is temperature?
500
A group of chlorine compounds that contribute to global warming.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
500
In the Northern Hemisphere, they spin counterclockwise.
What are cyclones?
500
Indicate if the year was warm or wet.
What are tree rings?
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