Definitions
An instrument that measures the amount of rainfall.
What is a rain gauge?
The conditions of the atmosphere over a long period of time.
What is climate?
An increase in temperature in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is global warming?
Warming of the Earth's surface caused by the sun.
Greenhouse Effect
An instrument that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
The study of weather or the person who studies weather.
What is meteorology/a meteorologist?
Layers of gases surrounding the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
Invisible lines on the Earth's surface going north to south.
An instrument that measures wind direction.
What is a barometer?
A balloon that measures temperature, humidity and air pressure.
What is a weather balloon?
When air reaches 100% humidity and the water condenses and changes.
What is a dew point?
Invisible lines on the Earth's surface going east to west.
What are latitude lines?
An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
It helps absorb UV radiation from the sun and its important for organism survival.
What is the ozone?
When the warmer less dense air rises and the cooler more dense air sinks.
The energy of an object or substance when it has become in motion.
What is kinetic energy?
An instrument that measures wind speed and sometimes direction.
What is an anemometer?
The light given off by the sun.
What is radiation?
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere
What are the layers of the atmosphere?
The movement under the surface and in the water.
What are surface and ocean currents?