General Info
The conditions in the atmosphere at a given point in time.
What is weather?
The only substance on earth that can be found as a solid, liquid or gas.
What is water?
This is the layer closest to the earth. This is where our weather happens.
What is the Troposphere?
These gray clouds are likely to produce rain.
What is nimbus?
To become a Cat 1 hurricane, a storm must have winds that are..
What is 74 mph or greater?
The average weather conditions over a long period of time.
What is climate?
When heat changes liquid water into water vapor it is called...
What is evaporation?
This is the outermost layer of the atmosphere. This is where many satellites orbit.
What is the exosphere?
These large clouds stretch to the sky and bring thunderstorms.
What is cumulonimbus?
The scale used to rank tornadoes is called the...
What is the Enhanced Fujita or EF scale?
A climate with 4 distinct seasons.
What is temperate?
The releasing of water into the air by breathing or photosynthesis is called...
What is transpiration?
Another name for the Northern Lights.
What is Aurora Borealis?
Snowflakes have this shape which means that they have 6 sides.
What is hexagonal?
The place where 2 air masses meet is called a...
What is a weather front?
The amount of water vapor in the air is called...
What is humidity?
When water vapor cools and turns into liquid water, often forming clouds it is called...
What is condensation?
The Northern Lights occur here. This is where the International Space station orbits.
What is the thermosphere?
Name two things clouds are classified by...
What is shape & altitude?
Name the 3 ways that lightning can occur:
What is 1) within a cloud, 2)between 2 different clouds, 3) between a cloud and the ground?
The measure of the intensity of heat in the air is called...
What is temperature?
The property of water that it likes to stick to itself.
What is cohesion?
What is the composition of air? (What 2 things is it made of and in what %)
What is 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen?
The name of the first person to capture photographs of snowflakes.
Who is Wilson Bentley?
A tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere will have winds that move in which direction?