Tools
An instrument that measures wind direction
What is a wind vane?
Wind that blows from east to west
What are easterlies?
The layers of the atmosphere from top to bottom
What is thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere
The layers of Earth in order
What is the crust, mantel, outer core, and inner core?
An instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
Wind that blows from west to east
What are westerlies?
The coldest layer of the atmosphere
What is the mesosphere?
A rock that begins as magma
What is an igneous rock?
An instrument that measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
WEST to EAST.
NOT REALLY A TYPE OF WIND BUT IDC
What is the coriolis effect?
Where weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
Three types of rocks
What is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
An instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
The uneven heating of the surface of
Earth causes differences in DENSITY in the
air, which results in CONVECTION
CURRENTS in our atmosphere.
What are global winds?
The name of the two parts of the thermosphere
What is the exosphere and ionosphere?
An important process where rain water soaks into (infiltrates) the ground
What is percolation?
An instrument that measures the amount of rain that has fallen
What is a rain gauge?
The land heats and cools faster than the
sea. Water retains heat longer than land,
and also takes longer to heat and cool.
This causes temperature differences between the
land and the sea, which leads to a thermal
What are local winds?
The atmospheric layers from hottest to coolest
What is thermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, and mesosphere?
Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling
What is a transverse wave?