Weather Pt1
How do you measure air pressure
Barometer
What is stored Solar Energy?
Solar energy stored for later usage
Why do Rainbows form?
THe diffraction of light through water droplets
What are crepuscular rays also referred to as
Jacob’s Ladder
Choose a number between 1 and 10 (Luck question)
7
What indicates stormy weather
Low air pressure
What indicates Clear and calm weather
High air pressure
ALL colors of the rainbow
Red, blue, green, indigo, violet, orange, and yellow
For crepuscular Rays to occur, do we need he light to be blocked or open/free
Blocked
the Three Ways energy is transferred throughout the Atmosphere
What is air pressure
The weight of te atmosphere exerted onto earth
What is humidity
The amount of moisture in the air
Is the rainbow a semi-circle or a full circle
Full circle
How are crepuscular rays formed?
When sunlight finds a breakthrough in the clouds
Why is the sky blue
Nitrogen sucks up the bluer parts of the Sun’s Rays.
Difference between climate and Weather
Time
Primary source of energy for climate and Weather
The Sun
Why did Irish people believe IN gold at the end of the rainbow
It evolved from A play on words to a myth
What are anti crepuscular Rays
The appearance of light on the horizon opposite to the Sun.
Why is the Water cooler in the morning?
Water has a higher heat capacity required for it to warm up.
Why is the desert cooler at night (colder)
the desert is cooler at night due to the lack of humidity and clouds to seek up the heat of the sun, and is also due to the sands bad absorption of heat.
Why is the rainbow a circle?
The raindrops are circular, so the light refracted off of it would be circular as well
Why do crepuscular Rays happen
Crepuscular Rays happen because of sunlight hitting bigger particles like dust or water