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Weather
Climate
Water Cycle
Storms
Atmosphere
100
Short - term Specific day and place
What is weather?
100
The temperature of a place over a long period of time
What is climate
100
Liquid falling from the atmosphere (rain, sleet, hail, snow)
What is precipitation
100
The sound given off by the explosive expansion of air heated by a light stroke.
What is thunder
100
The atmospheric layer that we live in.
What is the troposphere
200
Meteorologist
What is the person who studies weather?
200
The climate we live in with average temperatures and precipitation
What is temperature climate zone
200
Liquid water turning into water vapor (gas)
What is evaporation
200
When these storms move over land they lose strength or weaken.
What is a hurricane
200
The layer of the atmosphere closest to outer space.
What is the exosphere
300
The amount of moisture in the air.
What is humidity
300
The distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude
300
Water evaporating out of plants.
What is transpiration
300
Warm humid air pulled into a funnel-shaped column.
What is a tornado
300
Meteors are destroyed in this layer.
What is the mesosphere
400
The earth's rotation pushes the winds to the right or the left depending on the hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Effect
400
The two factors that determine climate
What is temperature and precipitation
400
Water building up in one area on the surface of earth.
What is collection
400
Heavy snow, limited visibility, and wind
What is winter storm
400
Space shuttles orbit and the northern lights occur in this layer.
What is the thermosphere
500
The force exerted on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
What is air pressure
500
The higher you are the colder it gets.
What is altitude
500
Water vapor (gas) turning into a liquid. Clouds forming.
What is condensation
500
Heavy rain, thunder, lightning, and may cause tornadoes.
What is a thunderstorm
500
This layer (in the stratosphere) is being destroyed by the burning of fossil fuels. It protects us from harmful UV rays.
What is the ozone layer