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Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Percipitation
Air Pressure and Wind
Climates and Environments
100
what the lower atmosphere (or troposphere) is like at any given place and time
What is weather
100
the changing of a gas into a liquid
What is condensation
100
a cloud at ground level
What is fog
100
air that moves horizontally
What is wind
100
the average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
200
the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure
200
the tool used to measure humidity
hydrometer
200
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
200
a tool that measures air pressure
What is a barameter
200
the climate zone that has moderate temperatures that change with the seasons.
What is the temperate climate zone
300
the air that surrounds the earth
What is atmosphere
300
the water that is in the air
What is water vapor
300
a type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What are stratus clouds
300
the type of weather that is associated with high air pressure
What is fair weather
300
the environment that has hot temperatures and high humidity
What is the rainforest
400
this instrument measures air pressure
What is barometer
400
the changing of a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation
400
these clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
400
the typical effect on air pressure and temperature as elevation increases.
What is decrease
400
the two environments that can be cold with low humidity
What are mountains and tundra
500
Two variables that affect the type of precipitation that falls.
What is altitude where precipitation forms and temperature of the atmosphere?
500
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
500
this type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds
500
the two tools that are used to measure wind speed and wind direction
What is an anemometer and wind vane
500
the reason the tropical climate zone is so hot all year round.
What is its closeness to the equator. Extra 500 if you said that it gets the most direct sunlight all year long.