Instruments
Concepts
Winds
Water
Misc.
100
Measures air temperature
What is thermometer
100
Heat transfer through a fluid
What is convection
100
Winds are named
What is from where they start
100
Transpiration, condensation, melting, snow, rain, and lakes are all apart of this
What is water cycle
100
Lines connecting equal temperatures on a map
What is an isotherm
200
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer
200
Heat transfer that is direct contact
What is conduction
200
Winds that move in the same direction
What is global wind
200
Made of tiny water droplets or ice crystals
What is a cloud
200
A symbol used on a map to show wind direction, speed and cloud cover
What is a wind barb
300
Measures wind direction
What is a weather vane
300
Heat transfer through an empty space
What is radiation
300
Global winds that are in the polar region
What is polar easterlies
300
Big puffy, cotton ball looking cloud
What is cumulus
300
Lines connecting equal areas of pressure
What is an isobar
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
400
Air that sinks due to an increase in density
What is cold air
400
Winds move according to pressure
What is high pressure to low pressure
400
Feathery, wispy, high altitude clouds
What is a cirrus cloud
400
Generally rising air pressure means
What is clear skies
500
Measures the amount of water (moisture) in the air
What is humidity
500
Air that rises due to its density being less
What is warm air
500
Due to the Earth's rotation winds curve to the left or right.
What is Coriolis Effect
500
Large thunderhead cloud.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
500
The layer of our atmosphere that has the ozone layer and jet stream
What is stratosphere
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