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Water Cycle
Weather Tools
Layers of the Atmosphere
Global Winds
Climate Zones
100
All four types of precipitation
What are rain, snow, hail, and sleet
100
Used to decide how hot or cold it is outside
What is a thermometer
100
All weather occurs here
What is the troposphere
100
This wind belt is found in the polar zone
What are the Polar Easterlies
100
The climate zone that South Carolina is located in.
What is the Temperate Zone
200
The step in which liquid water turns into water vapor
What is evaporation
200
These gather weather information from the Exosphere
What is a weather satellite
200
Most meteors burn up here
What is the mesosphere
200
Air flows from ________ to _______ pressure
What is high to low pressure
200
The zone where most hurricanes are formed
What is the tropical zone
300
Surface water becoming groundwater
What is absorption
300
Used to see where it is raining at any time
What is radar
300
The hottest layer of the atmosphere
What is the Thermosphere
300
The direction that the trade winds blow in general
What is east to west
300
This zone is defined by the borders of the arctic circle and the tropic of cancer
What is the temperate zone
400
The process of water vapor exiting a plant into the atmosphere
What is transpiration
400
A sling psychrometer is used to measure this
What is humidity
400
Temperature does this as you go higher into the atmosphere
What is alternate decreasing and increasing
400
The temperate zone is home to this wind belt
What are prevailing westerlies
400
This zone is defined by the trade winds
What is the topical zone
500
Oceans, lakes, and ponds, for example
What is collection
500
The most useful tool used to detect if a storm is coming
What is a barometer
500
The two most common gases in the atmosphere are
What are nitrogen and oxygen
500
The reason winds appear to curve
What is the Coriolis Effect
500
Most deserts are found near this line
What is a subtropical high, tropic of cancer, or tropic of capricorn