Weather (general)
Atmosphere
Precipitation
Water Cycle
Misc.
100
Condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100
The mixture of the gases that wrap the earth like a blanket.
What is the atmosphere?
100
Water falling from clouds.
What is precipitation?
100
The process of the Earth recycling it's water from ground to the atmosphere.
What is the water cycle?
100
A barometer
What is the tool used to measure air pressure?
200
Temperature, humidity, and air pressure
What are the 3 factors that contribute to weather?
200
Nitrogen, oxygen, and other various gases.
What are the gases that make up our atmosphere?
200
Rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, hail
What are the different forms of precipitation?
200
Precipitation, accumulation, evaporation, condensation
What are the stages of the water cycle?
200
The 4th contributing factor to weather
What is precipitation?
300
The amount of actual moisture in the air that affects our daily weather forecast (precipitation and temperature).
What is relative humidity?
300
Known as the "weather layer"
What is the troposphere?
300
Water vapor and condensed water droplets form...
What are clouds?
300
The percentage of water on Earth.
What is 75%?
300
The boundary of moving air masses that causes volatile weather.
What are fronts?
400
Areas move across the country in fronts and affects the daily weather - sunny, rainy, dry, precipitation...
What is air pressure?
400
Known as the ozone layer - protects the Earth from harmful UV rays
What is the stratosphere?
400
Water continually evaporates and condenses in the sky.
What are the reasons cloud change shapes?
400
Plants lose water from their leaves and the heat from the sun turns that water into water vapor.
What is evapotranspiration?
400
Landforms and oceans
What are 2 things that affect climate?
500
The long-term weather of a location vs. the condition of the atmosphere at a given time/place.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
500
The warmest layer in the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere?
500
Ways geography affect precipitation
What are location on the globe, temperature, and humidity.
500
When rainwater contributes to the flow of rivers and streams
What is runoff?
500
Affected by the temperature of the ocean water
What is how salty the water is?
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