Weather Factors
Weather Factors
Weather Factors
Weather Factors
Weather Factors
100
Most of Earth’s incoming ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by
What is ozone
100
Heat from the sun reaches you by
What is convection
100
An instrument called a(n) ____________________ is used to measure how hot or cold the air is.
What is thermometer
100
Fluids like air tend to move toward areas of ____________ pressure.
What is low
100
The ____________________ is the temperature at which water in air changes from a gas to a liquid
What is dew point
200
Most of energy that heats Earth’s atmosphere is
What is infrared radiation
200
Winds are caused by differences in
What is air pressure
200
Layered clouds that often cover much of the sky and are a dull gray color are called
What is stratus clouds.
200
Earth’s major wind belts are the trade winds, the prevailing __________________, and the polar latitudes.
What is easterlies
200
Solar energy called ____________________ radiation is felt as heat and has wavelengths longer than that of red light.
What is infrared
300
The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance is called
What is thermal energy
300
Wind speed is measured by a(n)
What is anemometer.
300
The difference between sleet and hail is
What is the size of the ice pellets. and where the ice pellets formed.
300
When you touch a hot spoon, heat is transferred by _______________ from the spoon to your hand.
What is conduction
300
Very high feathery clouds are called
What is cirrus clouds.
400
Heat from the sun reaches you by
What is radiation
400
Land breezes occur because
What is land cools off faster than water.
400
Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called
What is cumulonimbus clouds.
400
Most of the heating of the troposphere occurs by ____________________, which is the transfer of heat by fluid movement.
What is convection
400
Clouds that form near the ground and look like fluffy heaps of cotton are called
What is cumulous
500
Heat transfer between two substances that are in contact is called
What is conduction.
500
Convection takes place because
What is cold air is more dense than warm air
500
Two conditions are required for cloud formation: cooling of the air and
What is the presence of particles in the air.
500
The three main types of clouds are
What is cumulus, stratus, and cirrus.
500
Energy travels through space to Earth in the form of ____________________ waves.
What is electromagnetic
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