What is Window (if there is a draft) or floor or door
100
Where in the room would the temperature be hotter
What is towards the ceiling (hot air rises)
100
Arizona is a desert. Is this climate or weather?
What is Climate
200
This is used to measure air pressure
What is Barometer
200
We use this to measure wind speed
What is Anemometer
200
What do we use to measure rain
What is a rain gauge
200
When air is heated and cooled making a circle it is called what?
What is convection current
200
"It is rainy today" is this climate or weather
What is weather
300
What are clouds made out of
What is millions of microscopic water droplets that form when water vapor in the air condenses on microscopic particles of dust, sea-salt or smoke, as the air cools. (I will accept just water vapor ;)
300
What is fog
What is clouds near the ground
300
What is a chinook
What is a dry warm wind
300
The sun sends out energy in waves to the earth, this is called?
What is radiant energy
300
Name one affect global warming has on the earth
What is fish dying, more desert, water evaporating, ice caps melting, more extreme weather
400
What is a nimbus cloud
What is a rain cloud
400
Why is it colder in winter than in the summer?
What is the earth is facing away from the sun
400
Name the 4 types of preciptation
What is snow, rain, sleet, hail
400
What the main cause global warming
What is too many green house gases
400
Why is sand hot on a beach but the water is cold?
What is they have different heat capacities. Sand has a low heat capacity so it heats up faster than water which has a high heat capacity.
500
When is the sun the hottest during the day?
What is noon
500
What does cirrus stand for and what kind of cloud is it?
What is hair and thin, wispy, feathery looking clouds made out of ice crystals
500
What does cumulus stand for and what kind of cloud is it?
What is heaping and thick fluffy white clouds
500
What does status stand for and what kind of cloud is it?
What is layer and they form near the earths surface and are flat blanket looking clouds