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Name the 3 Climate Zones.
Polar, Temperate and Tropical.
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Layer the ozone is located.
Stratosphere
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What is a meteorologist?
Scientist who studies weather.
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What is used to measure temperatures?
Thermometers
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The layer closest to the sun is the ___.
Exosphere
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Describe tropical climate sones:
Are very warm and often very rainy.
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The two most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere are ____.
Nitrogen and Oxygen
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What are the two types of fronts?
Warm & cold fronts.
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What are the 5 weather instruments?
Thermometers, anemometers, barometers, rain gauges, and weather vanes.
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The coldest part of the Earth's atmosphere and the layer where meteors burn up.
Mesosphere
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Describe temperate zones:
Have warm summers and cool to very cold winters.
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What are the layers of the atmosphere?
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.
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What is weather?
The condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place.
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What weather instrument is used to measure air pressure?
Barometer
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What 2 "pressures" meet when we have storms?
High and Low pressures
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Any type of rain is called...
Precipitation
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In this layer, the northern lights are produced.
Thermosphere
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What is a radar?
Useful tool for observing and forecasting weather.
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Are used to collect and measure the amount of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Rain Gauges
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What is air mass?
Large volume of air that has about the same temperature and moisture throughout.
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What is Climate?
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
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Define atmosphere.
Mixture of gases that surrounds the planet.
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What type of data can you observe with a radar?
Precipitation and the size, speed and direction of a storm.
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____ are used to indicate the direction from which wind is blowing.
Weather Vanes
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Polar climates have what type of temperatures?
Cold temperatures all year round, even during summer months.