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This is the measure of how hot or cold it is.
Temperature
100
This measures snow.
Ruler
100
This occurs when water droplets gather and become too heavy for the atmosphere to hold.
Rain
100
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is over short periods of time, climate is over long periods of time.
100
This is the movement of sediment from one area to another.
Erosion
200
This is any type of water that falls form the atmosphere.
Precipitation
200
This measures rain
Rain Gauge
200
These are ice crystals that merge together and fall from the atmosphere.
Snow
200
What does "saturation" mean?
The relative humidity is 100%, the air cannot hold anymore water.
200
This is the time it takes for half of a substance to decay.
Half Life
300
This is the amount of water vapor in the air (not a percent)
Humidity
300
This measures wind speed
Anemometer
300
These are small ice pellets that start as water, but freeze as they fall through the atmosphere.
Sleet
300
This is the temperature at which the air reaches saturation.
Dew Point
300
These are the three compositional layers of Earth.
Crust, Mantle, Core
400
This is the percentage of water vapor in the air.
Relative Humidity
400
This measures air pressure
Barometer
400
These are layered lumps of ice that commonly fall during intense thunderstorms.
Hail
400
What forms after the relative humidity is 100%
Dew, Fog, "Sweating"
400
This boundary forms when two plates come together.
Convergent
500
This is the force of air pushing down.
Air pressure
500
This measures relative humidity
Psychrometer
500
What two qualities do all forms of precipitation have?
They are forms of water and fall from the atmosphere.
500
How does wind form?
Uneven heating
500
These are the five physical layers of Earth.
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core