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The Atmosphere
Ocean-made Weather
Precipitation
Weather Vocab
Windy Weather
100
21% of the atmosphere consists of this gas.
What is Oxygen?
100
This type of wind moves in from the ocean during the day.
What is a Sea Breeze
100
Water that falls from the clouds.
What is Rain?
100
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is Temperature?
100
wind on the surface of the Earth.
What is local winds
200
This "blanket" acts as an insulator for the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
200
These two Earth surfaces change temperatures at different rates.
What is land and water?
200
Water that freezes while in the clouds.
What is Snow?
200
Solar energy comes from this star.
What is the Sun?
200
a quick-moving ribbon of air that blows west to east above the USA
What is the jet stream?
300
78% of the atmosphere consists of this gas.
What is Nitrogen?
300
This type of wind moves out from off the land at night.
What is a Land Breeze?
300
When cold air and warm meet, this type of front can cause long periods of precipitation.
What is a Stationary front?
300
A scientist who studies the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
300
this blows above the USA from east to west
What is the prevailing westerlies?
400
Less than 1% of the atmosphere is made up of this human waste gas.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
400
These winds move hurricanes while they travel from East to West.
What are Trade Winds?
400
Frozen water that freezes while in the air.
What is Sleet
400
Daily conditions in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is Weather?
400
These icy winds blow from Northeast to West.
What are Polar Winds?
500
This type of air movement causes Global Winds.
What is Convection Currents?
500
This moist air mass moves in from over the water.
What is a Maritime Air Mass?
500
Long periods of precipitation can be caused by this type of cold-warm-cold front.
What is an Occluded front?
500
This climate zone has moderate temperatures and can be either cold or warm.
What is Temperate?
500
These winds move large regions of air and affect the weather.
What are global winds?