Weather
Climate
Atmosphere
Clouds
Challenge
100

Someone who studies weather.

Meteorologist

100

Person who studies climate.

Climatologist

100

The first layer of the atmosphere.

Troposphere

100

Highest cloud

Cirrus

100

Water gets heated up by the sun.

Evaporation

200

The state of the atmosphere (air) at a particular place and time.

Weather

200

Main 3 climate zones

Tropical, temperate, and polar.

200

What gas is the atmosphere mostly made up of?

Nitrogen

200

Low level cloud

Stratus

200

Water rains down as hail, water, or snow.

Precipitation.

300

One of the weather instruments used to study air temperature.

Thermometer

300

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

Climate

300

What layer of the atmosphere is so hot, that it feels like you are in an oven?

Thermosphere

300

Puffy clouds

Cumulus

300

Meteorologists use ____ to broadcast weather.

Weather maps

400

Measures wind speed and direction.

Anemometer

400

what you expect

Climate

400

Is home to the international space station.

Thermosphere

400

The big clouds that causes thunderstorms

Cumulonimbus

400

Meteorologists use weather ____ to see the weather, air temperature, and rain to use in their forecasts.

Satellites