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100
Weather is what you expect, climate is what you get
What is false?
100
The study of Earth's weather and the forces that cause it.
What is meteorology?
100
Water from rain, snowmelt, or other sources that flows over the land surface.
What is runoff?
100
The first stage of the water cycle.
What is precipitation?
100
First layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
200
The stratosphere is the layer of the atmosphere that you live in.
What is false?
200
Refers to plants sweating.
What is transpiration?
200
The journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again.
What is hydrologic cycle?
200
The second stage of the water cycle.
What is runoff?
200
Second layer of the atmosphere.
What is the stratosphere?
300
Factors that determine weather include air, wind, precipitation, and moisture in the air.
What is true?
300
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the ground: where we live.
What is the troposphere?
300
When heat from the sun warms up water and turns it into a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
The third stage of the water cycle?
What is accumulation?
300
Third layer of the atmosphere.
What is mesosphere?
400
The most common liquid in the atmosphere is water,
What is true?
400
Includes rain, snow, hail, and sleet.
What is precipitation?
400
Turns water vapor back to a liquid that forms clouds.
What is condensation?
400
The fourth stage of the water cycle.
What is evaporation?
400
The fourth layer of the atmosphere, has to deal with temperature.
What is the thermosphere?
500
The last layer before you exit the atmosphere is the troposphere.
What is false?
500
Refers to the pattern of weather that occurs in a particular area over many years.
What is climate?
500
Refers to the present state of the atmosphere and describes current conditions outside.
What is weather?
500
The final stage of the water cycle.
What is condensation?
500
The last layer of the atmosphere as you exit!
What is exosphere?
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