Water Cycle
Tools
Vocabulary
Atmosphere
Predicting Weather
100
the continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and atmosphere
What is the water cycle?
100
thermometer
What is used to measure temperature?
100
the condition of the troposphere at a given time and place
What is weather?
100
the layer of Earth's atmosphere that is closest to Earth's surface
What is the troposphere?
100
used to SHOW the weather of a given place and time
What is a weather map?
200
when water turns from a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation?
200
barometer
What is used to measure air pressure?
200
how how or cold the air feels
What is temperature?
200
the layer of Earth's atmosphere that contains the ozone layer
What is the stratosphere?
200
a scientist who studies and predicts the weather
What is a meteorologist?
300
the turning of water from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
300
weather vane
What is used to measure wind direction?
300
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
the hottest layer of the Earth's atmosphere where the air is very thin
What is the thermosphere?
300
an area forming a boundary between two different air masses that can cause changes in weather
What is a front?
400
when water falls back to the Earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail
What is precipitation?
400
anemometer
What is used to measure wind speed?
400
the weight of air pushing on the Earth's surface
What is air (atmospheric) pressure?
400
the coldest layer of Earth's atmosphere
What is the mesosphere?
400
lines on a weather map that connect areas of similar air pressure
What are isobars?
500
are formed as the result of water condensation in the air
What are clouds?
500
hygrometer
What is used to measure humidity?
500
air masses
large areas of air with similar properties
500
the correct order of the layers of Earth's atmosphere beginning with the layer closest to Earth's surface
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere?
500
The type front that brings rainy or bad weather
What is a cold front?
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