The Sun
Air Pressure
The Water Cycle
The Atmosphere
Other
100
The sun causes all of this on the earth.
What is weather
100
This is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
The phase of the water cycle where water moves from a gaseous form to a liquid form.
What is condensation?
100
This layer of the atmosphere is closest to outer space.
What is the thermosphere/ exosphere?
100
Water heats more ______________ than rocks, sand or soil.
What is "slowly"?
200
The angle at which the sun's rays strike the earth.
What is the angle of incidence?
200
Air is a ___________ because it can take the shape of its container and flow.
What is a fluid?
200
This phase of the water cycle is where water moves from a liquid to a gaseous form.
What is evaporation?
200
This layer of the atmosphere contains ozone. It is also where planes fly.
What is the stratosphere?
200
These are two ways to measure temperature (not with a thermometer, either).
What are celcius and farenheight?
300
The sun heats the earth unevenly, causing this.
What is wind?
300
In areas of high pressure, the air is _______ and it _______ and you can expect __________ weather.
What is "cool", "sinks", and "fair/ good"?
300
This phase of the water cycle is where liquid is too heavy to remain in the atmosphere and it falls.
What is precipitation?
300
This part of the atmosphere is where the weather happens.
What is the troposphere?
300
Humidity is the amount of _______________ in the air.
What is moisture?
400
The sun is closest to the earth during these seasons.
What is spring and fall?
400
In a low pressure system, the air is _________, it also ________ and you can expect ____________ weather.
What is "warm", "rises" and "stormy/bad" ?
400
Name the 5 types of precipitation.
What are: rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain and hail?
400
The air we breathe is made mostly of ______________.
What is nitrogen?
400
This is the study of the earth's atmosphere.
What is meterology?
500
The sun's rays strike the earth at a smaller angle, causing this season.
What is winter?
500
These are lines of equal pressure.
What are isobars?
500
This is another name for the water cycle.
What is the Hydrologic Cycle?
500
Seventy-five percent of the earth's gases are found here.
What is the troposphere?
500
Wind blows from a ___________area of pressure to a __________area of pressure.
What is "high" to "low"?
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