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Clouds
Layers of the Atmosphere
Weather Instruments
Fronts
Energy Transfer
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A cloud that brings stormy weather.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
100
The layer closest to Earth.
What is the Troposphere?
100
The instrument that measures air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
The front that brings cold air.
What is a cold front?
100
The transfer of heat through direct contact.
What is conduction?
200
A cloud that is low in altitude and is puffy.
What is a cumulus cloud?
200
The layer also known as "space".
What is the Exosphere?
200
The instrument that shows which way the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane?
200
The front that uses only half circles on a line to represent it.
What is a warm front?
200
Putting your wet shoes on an air vent to dry.
What is convection?
300
A prefix that means middle altitude.
What is Alto?
300
The layer where radio waves are reflected.
What is the mesosphere?
300
The instrument that measures relative humidity.
What is a sling psychrometer?
300
The front that has cold air on one side and warm air on the other.
What is a stationary front?
300
Heat that travels through space until it reaches Earth.
What is radiation?
400
Clouds are formed by this step in the water cycle.
What is condensation?
400
The layer that protects humans from harmful radiation from the Sun.
What is the Ozone Layer?
400
The instrument that measures weather conditions higher up in the atmosphere.
What is a weather balloon?
400
The transition zone between 2 different air masses with different temperatures.
What is a front?
400
Heat you receive from taking a hot bath.
What is conduction?
500
A prefix or suffix that means rain clouds.
What is nimbo/nimbous?
500
The layer where auroras occur.
What is the Thermosphere?
500
A natural instrument that all humans have that can help predict the weather.
What is your eyes?
500
The front that has half circles and triangles on one side of a line to represent it.
What is an occluded front?
500
The type of cancer that a person can get from too much UV radiation.
What is skin cancer?