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Clouds
Up in the Air
The sky is falling
Danger Danger
little bit 'o everything
100
Puffy, white clouds that are associated with fair weather.
What is cumulus clouds
100
The thin layer of gasses that surround Earth.
What is the atmosphere.
100
When water condenses and falls from the sky.
What is precipitation.
100
True or False? Tornadoes form from cumulus clouds.
What is false.
100
nose-picking
What is most girls favorite hobby
200
western skies
What is the direction we should look in the United States to predict weather.
200
Nitrogen
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
200
Bits of sand, dust, pollen, ash, etc... that water droplets condense upon to form clouds.
What is condensation nuclei.
200
One of these is issued if a tornado has been spotted in your area or if the weather service has radar data indicating one is forming.
What is tornado warning.
200
Clockwise
What is the direction air circulates around a high pressure system?
300
These clouds usually cover the entire sky in a gray blanket, and often bring precipitation.
What is stratus clouds
300
21%
What is the percentage of Oxygen found in Earth's atmosphere?
300
The temperature when water condenses back into a liquid.
What is dewpoint.
300
A hurricane is a huge storm that forms in (low or high) air pressure.
What is low pressure.
300
Isobars
What is lines on a weather map connecting points of equal air pressure.
400
These clouds are the only ones that produce tornadoes.
What is cumulonimubus clouds
400
The lowest layer of the atmosphere, where life exists and weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
400
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount needed to saturate air at a given temperature.
What is relative humidity.
400
This is the source of all energy in our atmosphere, including the energy found in severe weather.
What is the Sun?
400
A barometer.
What is the tool used to measure air or barometric pressure?
500
These clouds are named for the Greek word meaning "hook"
What is cirrus clouds
500
This happens to air pressure as you move higher and higher in the atmosphere.
What is decreases.
500
The process in which a gas changes directly into a solid (as in the creation of a snowflake)
What is sublimation?
500
Dr. Ted Fujita.
What is the person who created the scale used to classify the strength of tornadoes.
500
Layer of the atmosphere that protects us from some of the Sun's ultra-violet radiation.
What is the ozone layer.