Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Weather Tools
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Challenge Questions
100
Distance above sea level.
What is elevation?
100
water that falls from the atmosphere to earth as rain, sleet, snow or hail
What is precipitation? 
100
Name this tool:
What is a barometer? 
100
Weather is the __________________ of the _________________ in a specific time and place
What is daily condition and Earth's atmosphere?
100
What types of weather does low pressure bring?
What is warm and stormy weather? 
200

a measure of the force of the air pressing down on the Earth’s surface

What is air pressure? 
200
A large region of air that has similar temperature and humidity?
What is air mass? 
200
What tool measures wind speed? 
What is an anemometer? 
200
An anemometer measures wind speed using ______ that rotate when the wind blows
What is cups? 
200
What types of weather does high pressure bring? 
What is dry and clear weather? 
300
blow steadily over long distances in a predictable direction?
What is global wind? 
300
amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity? 
300
Name this tool:
What is a weather vane? 
300
All weather occurs in the _________ layer of earth. 
What is the troposphere? 
300
What are the four atmospheric factors that interact to cause weather? 
What are temperature, air pressure, winds and moisture? 
400
Meeting place where two different air masses meet?
What is a front? 
400
the sun's energy helps warm the atmosphere, the atmosphere warms the earth 
What is heat energy? 
400
Use the weather vane to tell me what direction the wind is coming from
What is the East? 
400
When a cold and dry air mass runs into a warm and moist air mass a __________ can form. 
What is a storm? 
400
What is the definition of weather? 
What is the daily condition of the earths atmosphere in a specific time and place ?
500
Formed by the movement of air from one place to another? 
What is winds? 
500

a global wind that is a narrow belt of strong, high speed, high air pressure that flows from west to east

What is a jet stream? 
500
What does a barometer measure? 
What is air pressure? 
500
A ______________ forms when two air masses meet that have similar temperatures and similar humidity. 
What is a stationary front? 
500
Name the layers of the atmosphere in order from earth up. 
What is Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere?