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ENERGY IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
HEAT TRANSFER
WINDS
WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
PRECIPITATION - MOSTLY
100
THIS IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH GASES HOLD HEAT IN THE AIR/ATMOSPHERE.
What is the GREENHOUSE EFFECT?
100
THIS IS THE INSTRUMENT THAT IS USED TO MEASURE AIR TEMPERATURE.
What is a THERMOMETER?
100
THESE ARE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS OF AIR FROM AREAS OF HIGH PRESSURE TO AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE.
What are WINDS?
100
THIS IS THE TERM GIVEN TO THE MOVEMENT OF WATER BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND EARTH'S SURFACE.
What is the WATER CYCLE?
100
THIS IS ANY FORM OF WATER THAT FALLS FROM CLOUDS AND REACHES EARTH'S SURFACE.
What is PRECIPITATION?
200
THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE WAY IN WHICH THE SUN'S ENERGY TRAVELS TO EARTH.
What are ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES?
200
THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE DIRECT TRANSFER OF HEAT FROM ONE SUBSTANCE TO ANOTHER SUBSTANCE THAT IT IS TOUCHING.
What is CONDUCTION?
200
THESE ARE WINDS THAT BLOW OVER SHORT DISTANCES.
What are LOCAL WINDS?
200
THIS IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH WATER MOLECULES IN LIQUID WATER ESCAPE INTO THE AIR AS WATER VAPOR.
What is EVAPORATION?
200
THIS IS AN OPEN-ENDED CAN OR TUBE THAT COLLECTS RAINFALL.
What is a RAIN GAUGE?
300
THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE DIRECT TRANSFER OF ENERGY BY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.
What is RADIATION?
300
THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE TRANFER OF HEAT BY THE MOVEMENT OF A FLUID.
What is CONVECTION?
300
THESE ARE WINDS THAT BLOW STEADILY FROM SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS OVER LONG DISTANCES.
What are GLOBAL WINDS?
300
THIS IS THE MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR.
What is HUMIDITY?
300
THESE ARE LONG PERIODS OF UNUSUALLY LOW PRECIPITATION.
What are DROUGHTS?
400
THIS IS THE TYPE OF RADIATION THAT HAS WAVELENGTHS THAT ARE LONGER THAN RED LIGHT.
What is INFRARED?
400
THIS IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF WARM AIR AND THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF COOL AIR.
What are CONVECTION CURRENTS?
400
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE BANDS OF HIGH-SPEED WINDS THAT BLOW ABOUT SIX MILES ABOVE EARTH'S SURFACE.
What are the JET STREAMS?
400
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE PROCESS IN WHICH MOLECULES OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR BECOME LIQUID WATER.
What is CONDENSATION?
400
THIS IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE EQUATOR, MEASURED IN DEGREES.
What is LATITUDE?
500
THIS IS THE TYPE OF RADIATION THAT HAS WAVELENGTHS THAT ARE SHORTER THAN VIOLET LIGHT.
What is ULTRAVIOLET?
500
THIS IS THE METHOD BY WHICH MOST OF THE HEAT IS TRANSFERRED IN THE TROPOSPHERE.
What is CONVECTION?
500
THE WAY EARTH'S ROTATION MAKES WINDS CURVE IS CALLED THE __________ ____________ .
What is the CORIOLIS EFFECT?
500
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE INSTRUMENT THAT IS USED TO MEASURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
What is a PSYCHROMETER?
500
THIS IS THE INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE WIND SPEED.
What is an ANEMOMETER?