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Climate vs. Weather
Layers of the Atmosphere
Water Cycle
Air Pressure, Wind, & Weather Fronts
Clouds & Severe Weather
100
a person who makes educated predictions of the daily weather.
What is meteorologist.
100
coldest layer and burns up meteoroids
What is Mesosphere.
100
the process of evaporation from the leaves of plants.
What is Transpiration.
100
When cooler air from the high-pressure area sinks toward the Earth.
What is wind.
100
puffy, featherlike, and high
What is cirrocumulus.
200
day-to-day changes in the atmosphere (within 24 hours).
What is weather
200
clouds, airplanes, and 75% of the gases
What is Troposphere.
200
When the sun heats the water in rivers, lakes, or oceans, and turns into vapor or steam.
What is Evaporation.
200
Air becomes warmer and rises.
What is low-pressure.
200
towering and heavy rain
What is cumulonimbus .
300
What you expect (about 30 years)
What is climate.
300
holds the ozone layer and weather balloons
What is Stratosphere.
300
When water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid - clouds are created.
What is Condensation.
300
Cold air pushes under warm air. Clouds form and cause dangerous weather.
What is cold front.
300
block sun and it rains or snows
What is nimbostratus.
400
Finish the statement: Weather is what you get...
Climate is what you expect.
400
provides radio communication
What is ionosphere.
400
When the clouds get too heavy and water falls back to the Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is Precipitation.
400
The cold air is heavier and sinks towards the Earth.
What is high pressure.
400
thin and change is coming
What is cirrus.
500
the study of climate
What is climatology.
500
can reach 3,600 degrees
What is Thermosphere.
500
Oceans, lakes, rivers, or ground water.
What is Collection.
500
Measures wind speed.
What is anemometer.
500
gather heat and energy through the ocean waters to create a huge storm
What is hurricane.