Feel the Heat
Clouds
Precipitation
Windy Windkloppel
Taz's Killer Essays
100
What three ways is heat transferred?
Radiation, conduction, and convection
100
The sky looks blue because of
Scattering
100
A form of precipitation in which rain freezes as it falls through the air is called...
sleet
100
Winds are caused by difference in...
air pressure
100
Why do large bodies of water cause local winds to shift direction from day to night?
Water will heat up more slowly and cool more slowly than land. Therefore air is warmer over land during the day and warmer over water at night. Wind is caused by warm air rising and cool air coming to take its place.
200
transfer of electromagnetic waves is called
radiation
200
hailstones form only in the type of clouds called
cumulonimbus
200
the most common type of precipitation is..
rain
200
Wind direction is often measured with a..
wind vane
200
What is cloud seeding?
Cloud seeding makes rain. Tiny crystals of silver iodide and dry ice are sprinkled into clouds from airplanes. Water vapor can condense on the particles of silver iodide, forming rain or snow. This method is not very successful.
300
the upward movement of warm and and the downward movement of cool air is called
convection currents
300
These clouds are made mostly of ice crystals
cirrus
300
you compare the readings of wet-bulb and dry-bulb thermometers to measures
relative humidity
300
In the Northern Hemisphere, global winds that blow from the southwest to the northeast are called
prevailing westerlies
300
How could an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere raise Earth's temperature?
Carbon dioxide and other gasses in the atmosphere absorb infrared radiation and keep Earth warm. This is called the greenhouse effect. If there is more carbon dioxide the greenhouse effect would be greater and trap in more heat in our atmosphere, thus making the temperature warmer.
400
transfer of heat from one substance to another when they are touching.
conduction
400
clouds that form in layers are called
stratus
400
On the Fahrenheit scale, freezing point of water is...
32 degrees
400
A wind blowing toward the north is called a ___________ wind.
south wind because it is coming from the south and blowing up to the north.
400
Explain why having a funnel on a rain gauge increases accuracy.
It allows a lot more water to be collected. When more water is collected it is easier to measure the amount of rainfall more accurately.
500
transfer of heat by movement
convection
500
clouds form when humid air is cooled to the ...
dew point
500
________________ is the average amount of energy of motion of each particle of a substance.
Temperature
500
Wind speed is measured with an...
anemometer
500
What are ultraviolet rays and infrared radiation?
UV rays: can cause skin cancer Infrared Radiation: part of sunlight with the longest wavelength
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