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Weather and Energy
The Water Cycle
Fronts and Such
Weather Tools
The Atmosphere
100
The process by which air and water are made to move by heating
What is convection
100
Water that is found in underground rock
What is groundwater
100
A boundary between two air masses
What is a front
100
A device used to measure changes in air pressure
What is a barometer
100
An envelope of gases that surrounds the Earth
What is the atmosphere
200
The main source of energy for the world's ocean currents
What is the sun
200
The transformation of water vapor to a liquid form
What is condensation
200
The weather you expect when cool, dry air meets warm, moist air
What is a storm
200
A tool used to measure heat
What is a thermometer
200
The layer of the atmosphere in which clouds form
What is the troposphere
300
The form of energy that causes water to change from a liquid to a gas
What is heat
300
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What are types of precipitation
300
The way weather moves in the United States
What is from west to east
300
A measure of the amount of moisture in the air
What is humidity
300
The thickest and hottest layer of the atmosphere
What is the thermosphere
400
Heat transfer through direct contact
What is conduction
400
The process that turns water vapor into clouds
What is condensation
400
Severe weather with a twisting column of high speed winds that can touch the ground
What is a tornado
400
A tool used to measure rain
What is a rain guage
400
The layer of the atmosphere that protects us from meteors
What is the mesosphere
500
Another name for heat and light energy from the sun
What is solar radiation
500
The process that turns liquid water into water vapor
What is evaporation
500
A huge storm that forms over tropical waters and moves to land
What is a hurricane
500
A tool used to measure wind speed
What is an anemometer
500
The layer of the atmosphere that protects Earth from harmful solar radiation
What is the stratosphere