Water Cycle
What is evaporation of water from plants called?
What is transpiration?
On Mount Everest the temperature decreases as the altitude increases. The summit of this mountain is in which atmospheric layer?
What is Troposphere?
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
How do the conditions for a tornado differ from the conditions for a hurricane?
What is Tornadoes generally form over land, while hurricanes form over bodies of water.
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
What is the most abundant gas in the Atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
An air mass in a valley travels up a mountainside. What causes the movement of this air?
Who is warming by solar energy re-radiated from the ground.
Daily Double
Daily Double
Where should you go if a tornado warning occur and you are at home?
What is the basement or the lowest level?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
Which Layer will you find space shuttle flying?
What is Thermosphere?
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane/tornado
Hurricanes are large, powerful storms that form as they travel over warm ocean waters. What do oceans add to make hurricanes so strong?
What are heat and moisture?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets when hot
What is condensation?
This layer is the coldest.
What is Mesosphere?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
What happens to a hurricanes's strength when it travels over land?
What is decreases?
What type of air pressure system does a hurricane require to form?
What is a low pressure system.
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
List the layers in which the temperature increases as elevation increases.
What are Stratosphere and Thermosphere?
An area of high pressure will most likely result in which type of weather?
What is clear weather?
Where do hurricanes form?
in warm oceans
Where does the most damage occur with a hurricane"
What is when it first hits land with the storm surge?