This is a large body of air that can be cold or warm.
What is an "air mass"?
100
This is a measuring tool used to measure wind direction.
What is "wind vane"?
100
This is the direction that our prevailing winds blow across the United States.
What is "West to East"?
200
This is a path of water that travels through a valley or down a mountain and leads to an ocean. They are usually pretty large and smaller bodies of water flow into it. It is fresh water and is flowing.
What is a "river"?
200
This is the source of energy for the water cycle and for life on Earth.
What is the "sun"?
200
This is the thin blanket of air that surrounds the Earth.
What is the "atmosphere"?
200
This is measuring tool used to measure wind speed.
What is "anemometer"?
200
This is a pattern of weather an area experiences over many years.
What is "climate"?
300
This is a VERY large body of salt water that is moving.
What is an "ocean"?
300
This is when liquid water is heated and turns into water vapor.
What is "evaporation"?
300
This is the layer of the atmosphere that we live in. It's 8 miles high and most of our weather occurs here.
What is "troposphere"?
300
This is a measuring tool used to measure air pressure (barometric pressure).
What is "barometer"?
300
This is a type of cloud that is usually white and puffy, but can develop into rain clouds.
What is "cumulus clouds"?
400
This is a body of salt water that is surrounded by land on three sides.
What is a "harbor"?
400
Name the three forms of condensation.
What is "dew, fog, and clouds"?
400
You go to the beach on a hot summer day. Where is the air warmer over the top of, the water or the land?
What is "land"?
400
This is a measuring tool used to measure how much moisture/humidity is in the air.
What is "hygrometer"?
400
Warmer temperatures allow more of this to be held in the air.
What is "water vapor" or "moisture"?
500
These are the four oceans on our globe.
What is "Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Indian Ocean"?
500
Water vapor being given off into the atmosphere by plants.
What is "transpiration"?
500
There is a greater amount of this at the bottom of a mountain than on top of a mountain.
What is "air pressure"?
500
These two measuring tools help determine a location's climate.
What is "thermometer" and "rain guage"?
500
These are the gases in the air we breath listed in order from HIGHEST percentage to LOWEST percentage.
What is "Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor"