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Atmosphere
Tracking Weather
Fronts
Air and Weather
Measuring Weather
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The atmosphere is mainly made up of ___________ and _____________________.
What is nitrogen and oxygen.
100
Large areas of air that have nearly the same properties.
What is air masses.
100
A storm usually forms along a ______________________.
What is a front.
100
Any forms of water that falls from clouds. ex: snow, rain, hail, and sleet.
What is precipitation.
100
An instrument that points in the direction from which the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane.
200
There are __________ number of layers in the atmosphere.
What is four.
200
Air masses usually form near the ______________ or the ________________.
What are the poles or the equator.
200
When a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass and brings light, steady rain.
What is a warm front.
200
The force of air pushing on an area.
What is air pressure.
200
An instrument that measures air temperature in degrees F or C is a ___________________.
What is a thermometer.
300
The outermost layer of the atmosphere is called the _______________________.
What is the thermosphere.
300
Cooler air weighs more or less than warm air?
What is weighs more.
300
When a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass and often brings stormy weather.
What is a cold front.
300
This air has higher air pressure because the air particles are closer together.
What is cool air.
300
A tube that collects water and measures the amount of rainfall that fell.
What is a rain gauge.
400
The layer of the atmosphere where we experience weather is___________________________.
What is the troposphere.
400
A very wide storm of heavy rain and strong winds.
What is a hurricane.
400
A boundary between air masses that are not moving. This sometimes can cause rain for days.
What is a stationary front.
400
Four examples of precipitation are _____________, _______________, _________________, ______________.
What is snow, rain, hail, and sleet.
400
An instrument that measures humidity.
What is a hygrometer.
500
A thin blanket of air that surrounds the Earth is the ___________________.
What is the atmosphere.
500
A rotating column of air that is tall, gray, and funnel shaped.
What is a tornado.
500
A boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures.
What is a front.
500
A prediction of upcoming weather conditions is ________________.
What is forecasting.
500
An instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer.