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Vocabulary
Atmosphere
Severe Weather
Tools
MISC
100
Out-of-the-ordinary and extreme weather conditions
What is Severe weather?
100
How many layers are in our atmosphere
What is 5 Layers
100
Precipitation in the form of balls of ice
What is Hail
100
A tool that measures temperature.
What is Thermometer
100
Air moves from _____ to ____ pressure
What is high to low
200
The mixture of gases surrounding Earth
What is AIR
200
The layer where weather occurs
What is Troposphere
200
When water overflows the natural or artificial banks of a stream or other body of water
What is Floods
200
A tool that measures air pressure
What is Barometer
200
The line that connects all the same pressure points
What is Isobars
300
The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
What is Atmosphere
300
Another name for thermosphere
What is Ionosphere
300
A cyclone or severe tropical storm that produces high winds
What is Hurricane
300
An instrument that determines the direction from which the wind is blowing
What is Wind vane/compass
300
The layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn up (shooting stars)
What is Mesosphere
400
a measure of the force of the air pressing down on the earth’s surface
What is Air pressure
400
The layer that contains the ozone, which absorbs UV radiation from the Sun.
What is Stratosphere
400
A rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is Tornado
400
A tool used to measure wind speed
What is wind meter
400
As you go up in the atmosphere, pressure ________(decreases or increases).
What is decreases.
500
The energy of motion
What is Kinetic energy
500
The layer that marks the transition into space
What is Exosphere
500
Another name for hurricane in Asia
What is Typhoon
500
A tool that measures relative humidity
What is hygrometer
500
Air can be compressed and go into a smaller place. TRUE OR FALSE
What is TRUE