Atmosphere
Instruments
Clouds
Water Cycle
Terminology
100
Two primary gasses in our atmosphere.
What is nitrogen and oxygen
100
Instrument which measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
Feathery, fair-weather cloud.
What is cirrus?
100
Process by which water becomes a gas.
What is evaporation?
100
The study of weather.
What is meteorology?
200
Layer where meteors travel.
What is mesoshere
200
Instrument that measures precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
200
White, puffy clouds.
What is cumulus?
200
Name given to rain, sleet, snow, and hail.
What is precipitation?
200
The calm winds over the equator.
What is doldrums?
300
Layer closest to space.
What is exoshere?
300
Instrument which measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
300
Dark, puffy rain clouds.
What is nimbus?
300
Process by which water become a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
The boundary between air masses.
What is a front?
400
Layer where weather occurs.
What is troposhere
400
Instrument which measures direction.
What is a wind vane?
400
Gray sky clouds, indicating drizzle.
What is stratus?
400
The form of precipitation which has layers of ice.
What is hail?
400
The moisture in the air.
What is humidity?
500
Layer which contains ozone.
What is stratoshpere?
500
Instrument which measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
500
Thunderhead clouds.
What is cumulonimbus?
500
Process by which plants release water vapor into the air.
What is transpiration?
500
Type of front occuring when two fronts collide.
What is occluded?
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