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Water & Weather
Water & Weather
Water & Weather
Water & Weather
Water & Weather
100
It has weight, takes up space, and is very strong.
What is air.
100
Amount (in percent) of fresh water on Earth.
What is 1%?
100
The bottom layer of the atmosphere, and the layer where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
100
Tiny water droplets that come together in the air.
What is a cloud?
100
A tool that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
Air that surrounds the Earth.
What is atmosphere.
200
A rotating funnel-shaped cloud with winds up to 300 mph and initially formed in thunder clouds.
What is a tornado?
200
A rainstorm that includes thunder and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
200
A tropical storm that forms over warm waters and covers hundreds of miles as it travels in a spinning pattern.
What is a hurricane?
200
Water that falls from the air to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
300
Average weather conditions of a place or region.
What is climate.
300
A large region of air that has similar temperatures and humidity.
What is air mass?
300
A global wind regulating weather in Earth's northern hemisphere.
What is the Jetstream?
300
A meeting place between two air masses.
What is a front?
300
They blow steadily, predictably and high above Earth's surface over long distances.
What are global winds?
400
A scientist who specializes in the study and forecasting of weather.
What is a meteorologist.
400
Process of water vapor changing to liquid when heat is taken away.
What is condensation?
400
It accounts for the difference in weather between the polar and equatorial regions of Earth.
What is the angle of sunlight?
400
On-going movements of ocean water.
What is a current?
400
The process of liquid water turning into a gaseous water vapor because it has been heated.
What is evaporation?
500
Water vapor in the air.
What is humidity.
500
A large body of salt water that covers about 70% of Earth.
What is an ocean?
500
A continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air as it changes from liquid to gas to solid to liquid, etc.
What is the water cycle.
500
The force put on a given area by the weight of air above it.
What is air pressure?
500
A channel built by people to move water long distances.
What is an aqueduct?