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Earth's Atmosphere
Vocabulary
Severe Weather
Weather Forecast
Oceans and Air Temperature
100
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
What are the five layers of the atmosphere? (name them in order)
100
Altitude
What do you call the height above Earth's surface?
100
Tornado
What is a rotating funnel-shaped cloud that contains winds that blow up to 480 km per hour?
100
forecast
What is to make your best guess before something happens?
100
Current
What is and ongoing movement of ocean water?
200
Altitude, Volume, Temperature, and water vapor
What four variables can change air pressure?
200
humidity
What do you call the amount of water vapor in the air?
200
Hurricane
What is a tropical storm which its wind speed can reach more than 117 km per hour?
200
Meteorologist
Who is a scientist who specializes in the study of Earth's atmosphere and wearer?
200
El Nino
What is a weather condition that changes every two to seven years, the cold current sinks and does not push cold water up to the surface.
300
A Barometer
What is an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?
300
Convection
What is the transfer of heat through movement of a gas or liquid
300
Storm Surge
What are the waves caused by Hurricanes that crate bulges of water?
300
Weather Map
What shows the weather in a specific area at a specific point in time?
300
Gulf Stream
What is a current of warm water that carries warm water from near the equator toward the poles?
400
atmosphere
What is the air that surrounds the Earth and is made up of five layers?
400
Climate
What do you call the average temperature of a place or a region?
400
Cyclone
What do you call any storms with a low pressure closure that causes a circular pattern of winds to form?
400
satellites
What takes pictures of the movements of storms and clouds from space?
400
Front
What is the meeting place between air masses?
500
measures the changes in the in the size of an airtight container
What does the aneroid barometer do?
500
Air mass
What is a large region of air that has a similar temperature and humidity?
500
Low Pressure closure
What is an area of low pressure air surrounded by higher pressure air?
500
Doppler Radar
What machine detects the speed and direction of clouds and rain?
500
The temperature of the ocean increases slightly
What happens when the ocean is warmed by heat energy from sunlight?