The Atmosphere
White light is a small portion of the energy from the sun. We call this portion?
Visible Light
The average weather at a location over a long period of time is called?
Climate
A scientist who studies and forecast weather is called?
Meteorologist
When we add life to a climate zone we create a?
Biome
A series of events that keep repeating an order is called?
Cycle
A measure of how hot or cold something is?
Temperature
These clouds are high, then clouds called?
Cirrus
The lowest possible temperature is called?
Absolute zero -460°F
The largest land by them in the world is called?
Taiga
This cycle mainly involves the geosphere.
Rock cycle
Liquid water in the air is called?
Moisture
These 4 currents of wind that circle the earth moving west to east are called?
Jet stream
Meteorologist measure pressure in our atmosphere with a?
Barometer
This is the coldest biome on earth?
Tundra
A scientist that digs deep in the earth hunting for fossils is called?
Paleontologist
The _________ force is due to the rotation of the earth and it forces wind going towards the polls to turn east?
Coriolis
These clouds are individual white fluffy cloud called?
Cumulus
A common way to measure wind speed is with an?
Anemometer
This tree loses its leaves in the fall and it’s called?
Deciduous
We need to eat healthy foods to get these into our bodies?
Essential minerals
As the air cools, the relative humidity goes up until it reaches 100%. This temperature is called the ?
Dew Point
Two types of atmospheric systems that create much of our weather on the planet are?
High pressure systems and low pressure systems
Rain, snow, sleet or hail are all forms of?
Precipitation
Desert do not get a lot of water and a few plants they are called?
Arid
A cycle inside a cycle is called
Sub cycle