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Atmosphere
Weather
Climate
Clouds
Water cycle
100
The atmosphere is
What is the layer of gases that surrounds Earth?
100
Wind speed is measured by a(n)
What is anemometer?
100
____________________ temperature zones occur between tropical and polar zones.
What is Temperate
100
Very high feathery clouds are called
What is cirrus clouds?
100
Heat from the sun reaches you by.
What is radiation?
200
The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere are
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
200
Winds are caused by differences in
What is air pressure?
200
The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and cloud in an area are known as its.
What is climate?
200
Layered clouds that often cover much of the sky and are a dull gray color are called
What is stratus?
200
What powers the water cycle?
What is the sun?
300
From Earth to space, the main layers in our atmosphere are:
What are troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere?
300
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(n)
What is stationary front?
300
The sun’s rays are least direct.
What is the polar zone?
300
Any form of water that falls from clouds is called
What is precipitation?
300
What happens when a liquid changes into a gas.
What is evaporation?
400
The ozone layer is found in the
What is stratosphere?
400
A funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth’s surface is called a
What is tornado.
400
The climate zones lying between 23.5° and 66.5° north and south latitude are called the.
What is temperate zone?
400
Clouds form when water vapor in the air
What is becomes liquid water?
400
What must happen for water vapor to cool a turn into a liquid?
What is condensation.
500
Which layer of the atmosphere protects Earth’s surface from being hit by most meteoroids?
What is mesosphere?
500
What type of air pressure system cause warm temperature?
What is Low pressure?
500
Name the three types of climate zones.
What are polar, tropics, and temperate.
500
Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called
What is cumulus clouds.
500
What are the four types of precipitation?
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?