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Earth's Atmosphere
Weather Forecasting
Water Cycle
Weather Tools
Grab Bag
100
In this layer of the atmosphere, most weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
100
Explain how weather forecasters determine the weather.
What is they use computers and scientific instruments to make accurate predictions about the weather?
100
This is the main source of energy on Earth that causes water to change.
What is the sun?
100
This tool measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Give at least 3 examples of severe weather.
What tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, blizzards, floods, tsunamis, etc.?
200
Weather balloons are often found in this layer.
What is the stratosphere?
200
A large red L on a weather map indicates a _____.
What is low pressure system?
200
This is the process of water changing from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
200
This tool measures the amount of rainfall during a given time.
What is a rain gauge?
200
This is the name for someone who studies and predicts the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
300
This layer protects Earth from meteors.
What is the mesosphere?
300
Draw the symbol for a cold front.
What is a blue line with upside down triangles?
300
This is the process of gas changing to a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
The effect that wind has on how cold it feels outside is called ______.
What is wind chill factor?
300
In ancient times, people used _____ to predict the weather.
What are proverbs?
400
In this layer of Earth's atmosphere, you can find auroras and space shuttles.
What is the thermosphere?
400
High pressure systems usually bring _____ weather.
What is happy/sunny/pleasant weather?
400
Water in any form that falls from the sky is called _______.
What is precipitation?
400
This tool is used to measure the air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
The _______ is a fast flowing, river of air found in the atmosphere at around 12 km above the surface of the Earth.
What is the jet stream?
500
Explain why most weather occurs in the troposphere.
What is most of the water is found there and clouds form there?
500
Before a storm, this usually happens to the barometric pressure.
What is the barometric pressure decreases?
500
The amount of water on Earth continues to stay the same even though it may change forms. Explain how this is possible.
What is the amount of water never changes, it just changes form as it moves through the water cycle?
500
This tool measures the relative humidity.
What is a psychrometer?
500
Explain the difference between humidity and relative humidity.
What is humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air, relative humidity is the amount of water vapor the air is capable of holding?