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Atmosphere
Water Cycle
Clouds and Fronts
Storms and Pressure
Weather Tools
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The ozone is found in this layer.
What is stratosphere?
100
The correct order for three processes in the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation?
100
They form at high elevations.
What are cirrus clouds?
100
This storm usually forms over warm ocean water.
What is a hurricane?
100
This instrument might tell you that low-pressure is moving into your area.
What is a barometer?
200
All weather activity takes place in this layer.
What is troposphere?
200
This provides the energy to drive the water cycle.
What is sunlight?
200
a suffix that indicates a cloud may produce rain
What is nimbus?
200
This storm usually forms along a cold front and from a cumulonimbus cloud.
What is a tornado?
200
This instrument measures relative humidity.
What is a sling psychrometer?
300
The correct order of the atmospheric layers from bottom to top.
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere?
300
A form of precipitation
What is hail, sleet, rain, snow or freezing rain?
300
this cloud spreads out and covers a large area
What is a stratus cloud?
300
This type of weather can be expected in a low pressure system.
What is stormy weather?
300
This instrument measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
400
These are the two most common gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
400
The process that changes a gas into a liquid
What is condensation?
400
this type of front may bring rain for several days
What is a stationary front?
400
This type of weather can be expected in a high pressure system.
What is fair weather?
400
This instrument measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
500
The hottest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere?
500
the process that changes a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation?
500
this front may produce long periods of precipitation and warmer temperatures
What is a warm front?
500
The lower the pressure in a storm, the ________ the wind speed.
What is higher or faster?
500
This instrument measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?