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Winds I
Water in the air
Clouds
Weather Tools
Winds II
100
Wind
What is the horizontal movement of air?
100
When a puddle disappears on a summer afternoon.
What is evaporation?
100
Clouds that look like big fluffy cotton
What are cumulus clouds?
100
Measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
DAILY DOUBLE Currents that cause global winds.
What are convection currents?
200
The Coriolis Effect
What is the reason winds curve due to Earth's rotation?
200
When water vapor changes to drops of water,
What is condensation?
200
Wispy and feathery clouds.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
Measures wind direction
What is a weather vane?
200
How winds are named.
What is from the direction they blow?
300
Trade winds, Doldrums, polar easterlies, Prevailing westerlies
What are global winds?
300
The reason we will never run out of rain.
What is Earth's water cycle?
300
Clouds that form flat layers.
What are stratus clouds?
300
Measures precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY The cause of a sea breeze
What is hot air rises and cold air from the sea blows towards the land.
400
Sea Breeze and Land Breeze
What are local winds?
400
Dew point
What is the temperature at which water vapor becomes drops of water?
400
Why cold water in a bottle won't make a cloud.
What is it doesn't have enough water vapor or particles?
400
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
The cause of global winds.
What is uneven heating of the Earth?
500
This is 7 miles above the Earth goes from west to east
What is the jet stream?
500
Water vapor in the air is called this.
What is humidity?
500
Particles, water vapor and low pressure.
What is needed to make a cloud?
500
Measures relative humidity
What is a psychrometer?
500
The cause of different air pressures in the atmosphere, which causes wind.
What is the sun? or What is uneven heating of the Earth?