Weather
Weather/Atmosphere
Earth
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Weather Tools
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Is the outside conditions right now. It is the day to day changes in the atmosphere in a particular place
What is weather?
100
is the thin layer of gases that surround the Earth
What is atmosphere?
100
How many hours does it take the Earth to spin around once?
24 hours or 1 day
100
Earths rotation causes winds to curve. What is this called?
The Coriolis effect
100
Who uses specific tools to measure the weather
Meterologists
200
This affects what we choose to wear and what we do
What is weather?
200
What is the atmosphere made of?
Oxygen and nitrogen
200
When the Earth is facing towards the sun, it is _______ and when it’s facing away from the sun it is _________.
1. Day Time
2. Night Time
200
Heat transfer through solids by TOUCH
Conduction
200
This tool Collects and measures the amount of rain that falls
Rain Gauge
300
These weather conditions can change people’s lives severely by destroying homes, hurting people, and even causing death
hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, and floods
300
What are the 5 layers of the atmosphere?
Troposphere (closest to Earth)
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
300
The 4 major spheres of Earth are...
1. Geosphere
2. Hydrosphere
3. Biosphere
4. Atmosphere
300
The farther you live from the ocean the more likely your climate will be___________? Use Air masses vocab
continental
300
This tool measures temperature
Thermometer
400
What is the science of weather called
Meteorology
400
What are some words we can use to talk about the weather?
- temperature
- wind
- humidity
- clouds
-sunshine
-air pressure
400
How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the sun once.
365 days or 1 year
400
Explain this Station Model
1)1.5 miles visibility
2)997.3 mb pressure
3)Wind 20 knots
4)2.9 mb drop in pressure in 3 hours
5) 100 % cloudy
6) wind coming from NE
7)Rain showers
8).53 inches of rain in 6 hours
9) Air temp 45 F DP 32 F
400
This tool showd the direction of the wind
Weather Vane
500
What is another word for weatherman?
Meteorologist
500
Which of the 5 layers of the atmosphere is closest to Earth?
Troposphere
500
Isobars measure areas of similar______?
Pressure
500
Any form of water that falls from the sky is called__?
Precipitation
500
This tool measures air pressure
Barometer