Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
100
Measures how much rain has fallen
What is a rain gauge
100
Shows air pressure
What is a barometer
100
What fraction of the atmosphere is made of nitrogen?
What is 8/10
100
Higher land is _______________________ because temperature decreases with height in the troposphere.
What is cooler
100
List the five layers of the Earth’s atmosphere
What are the exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere and troposphere.
200
A large electrical spark moving between areas of opposite charge
What is lightning
200
Measures the winds and precipitation inside a storm
What is radar
200
At night, land cools faster than water, which causes the air above the land and water to have different:
What is temperatures
200
Looking at ____________________ is one way that scientists learn about climates
What are fossils
200
Name two of the four air masses
What are continental polar, continental tropical, maritime tropical, or maritime polar
300
Made up of all the conditions in one place at a single moment and changes often
What is weather
300
Measures moisture in the air:
What is a hygrometer
300
When cold and warm air are next to each other, the cool air will ________________ and the warm air will ________________________.
What is sink and rise
300
Carbon dioxide, methane, and ___________________ can make climate warmer.
What is water vapor
300
What can cause a sudden climate change
What are volcanic eruptions/ meteor/ asteroid impacts
400
A large body of air with similar properties all through it
What is an air mass
400
Made up of all the conditions over a long period of time
What is climate
400
______________________ cause air masses to move.
What are winds
400
In the 1600’s, the climates of North America and Europe were colder and wetter than are now. This time is known as the ___________________________.
What is the Little Ice Age
400
List three examples of extreme weather
What are blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes...
500
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
500
A boundary between two air masses
What is a front
500
Forecasters observe many _______________________ of weather change.
What are patterns
500
In the United States, weather fronts usually move:
What is West to East
500
List the seven parts that a person needs to describe a weather system at any particular place and time
What are temperature, moisture, clouds, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction, and air pressure
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