Miscellaneous
Hurricanes
Forms of Water
Atmosphere
The Sun
100
The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume occupied by it.
What is density?
100
This hurricane struck Mississippi Gulf Coast and Louisiana in 2005. It is one of the most famous hurricanes.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
100
A cloud with its base at the surface of the Earth.
What is fog?
100
The closest layer to Earth, where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
100
The harmful rays emitted from the Sun that the ozone layer protects us from.
What is an ultraviolet ray?
200
An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
This hurricane struck Dale County, Florida in 1992. It was classified as a Category 5.
What is Hurricane Andrew?
200
The falling of water to earth in some form.
What is precipitation?
200
The most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
200
The gas that the Sun is mostly composed of.
What is hydrogen?
300
The weather in some location averaged over a period of time.
What is climate?
300
The strongest rating of a hurricane.
What is Category 5?
300
The process that takes place in the clouds to convert water vapor back into liquid.
What is condensation?
300
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
300
A bright ring or arc which encircles the Sun or Moon.
What is a halo?
400
A transparent gas that is a screen for ultraviolet radiation.
What is ozone?
400
A different name for a hurricane (one out of two).
What is a cyclone/typhoon?
400
A cloud that creates thunderstorms and heavy rains.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
400
The layer of the atmosphere which the aurora borealis occurs.
What is the thermosphere?
400
The sun's outer atmosphere.
What is the corona?
500
A large change of temperature, precipitation, or other weather elements from long-term averages.
What is an anomaly?
500
The weakest part of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
500
The three types of humidity.
What are relative, absolute, and specific humidity?
500
The layer inside the thermosphere that is charged with radiation.
What is the ionosphere?
500
Alternating light and dark streaks of light that appear to fan out from the sun.
What is a crepuscular ray?
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