Weather vocabulary
The air that forms near the equator
What is Tropical Air
The atmosphere is made of 78.1% of what
What is Nitrogen?
The weather instruments measures wind speed.
What is Anemometer
The severe Weather that is a violent, whirling wind that moves in a narrow path over land
What is tornado?
The two main factors that determine the climate of a region.
What is Precipitation And Temperature
The boundary between air masses
What is Fronts
the layer that contains the highest amount of ozone
What is Stratosphere??
The weather instrument that measures air pressure.
What is Barometer
The Severe Weather is a low-pressure system that forms over the warm oceans
What is a Hurricane?
True of false - Wind moves from Low to high pressure
False
A quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
What is Humidity
The layers gases absorb very little UV rays
What is Mesosphere??
The weather instrument that measures the amount of precipitation
What is Rain Guage??
The severe weather when the conditions persist for 3 hours or more
What is Blizzard??
The process of ______ also returns water back into the atmosphere
What is Transpiration??
The body of permeable rock which can contain groundwater
What is aquifers
The layer that readily absorbs solar radiation
What is Thermosphere??
The scientists want to know the direction of the wind to test their new invention, which weather instrument will help them
What is Wind Vane
The biggest danger posed by thunderstorms?
What is Lightning??
The ____ helps meteorologists tell how fast the wind is blowing
What is isobars?
The air that is known as ¨wet air¨
What is Maritime??
That atmosphere has 0.035% of what
What is Carbon Dioxide??
The weather instrument that measures Relative humidity/dew point
What is sling psychrometer
The severe Weather that causes you to stay inside
What is ALL Severe Weathers??
True of False - Continental Polar ( cP ) has low Pressure
False