Clouds that are flat and form near the ground, often bringing rain or snow.
What are stratus clouds?
100
There are four types of air masses, name two.
What are continental, maritime, tropical or polar?
100
What is the name of the climate zone along the equator?
What is Tropical Climate Zone?
200
The layer of the atmosphere in which all weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
200
Relative humidity is measured with what weather instrument?
What is a psychrometer?
200
What three elements are necessary for clouds to form?
What is water vapor, cooling, and particles?
200
Air pollution can be caused by burning fossil fuels. What are the three main fossil fuels?
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
200
Two factors that can affect the temperature of a region.
What are latitude, altitude, ocean currents, and distance from large bodies of water?
300
The second layer of the atmosophere that contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
300
Air pressure is measured with this weather instrument.
What is a barometer?
300
A cloud that forms on or near the ground is called ______.
What is fog?
300
The rising and falling of air creates wind. Wind curves in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemisphere due to the rotation of the Earth. This is known as what?
What is the Coriolis Effect?
300
Was I missed yesterday?
What is YES!!!!!!!!! :)
400
The layer of the atmosphere that protects us from being hit by most meteors.
What is the mesosphere?
400
What does an anemometer measure?
What is wind speed?
400
This is a large, towering cloud that often brings thunderstorms.
What is cumulonimbus?
400
When warm air masses and cold air masses come together, they form fronts. Name two types of fronts.
What are cold fronts, warm fronts, occluded fronts and stationary fronts?
400
The name of the cutest puppy in the world.
What is Boo?
500
The atmosphere is made up of nitrogen, oxygen, other gases, as well as _____________ and ____________ .
What are liquids and solids?
500
What does a rain gauge measure?
What is the amount of rainfall?
500
These are puffy, cotton ball shaped clouds that form on sunny days.
What is cumulus?
500
When heated air becomes trapped by gases in the atmosphere, this is known as what?