Clouds
Air and the Atmosphere
Weather Instruments
Misc.
100

____ clouds are thin and whispy. They are high-level clouds.

What are cirrus clouds?

100

Where weather occurs in the atmosphere 

The troposphere 

100
A ______ measures the temperature of the air.
What is a thermometer?
100
A blue curve with triangles coming off on a weather map is...
What is a cold front?
200

Clouds with prefix "_____" or suffix "_____" are always clouds that produce precipitation.

What is prefix "nimbo" and suffix "nimbus"?

200

The ___________ layer contains ozone layer. 

Stratosphere

200
___ _______ is measured by a barometer.
What is air pressure?
200

Heat transfer that has to have contact. 

What is conduction? 

300

_____ and _____ are two common types of clouds that are both low-level clouds.

What are stratus and cumulus clouds?

300
The four main layers of the atmosphere

What are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere? 

300
An ________ measures wind speed or force.
What is an anemometer?
300

The differences in the categories of hurricanes is based off this factor

wind speed 

400

The prefix "alto" always indicated that the clouds are ___-level clouds.

What are high-level clouds?

400

The thermosphere is divided into the ___________ and the ___________.

What are the Ionosphere and Exosphere? 

400

These lines show areas of similar temps on a weather map.

What is an isotherm?

400

The heat that comes from electromagnetic waves 

What is radiation? 

500

___________ clouds are very dense, vertical thunderstorm clouds. These clouds may form in clusters or alone.

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

500
Spins/deflects the wind to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.

What is the Coriolis Effect? 

500

These lines show areas of similar pressure on a weather map.

What is an isobar?

500

List 4 sources of pollution 

Pollen, salt, agriculture, cars, volcanic eruptions, etc.