Weather

Energy Transfer

100

The transfer of heat through a material by direct contact

What is conduction?

200

the transfer of heat via electromagnetic waves through space

What is Radiation?

300

the transfer of heat in a fluid as a result of the movement of fluid itself

What is convection?

400

How the inside of a greenhouse works

What is convection?

500

Macaroni rising and falling in a pot of boiling water

What is convection

Layers of the atmosphere

100

called "air" for short

What is atmosphere?

200

The second layer of the atmosphere

What is Stratosphere?

300

Made of three oxygen atoms

What is ozone?

400

Radio waves are reflected to Earth in this layer

What is Mesosphere?

500

Jet streams occur in this layer

What is Stratosphere?

Clouds

100

This type of cloud is puffy and below 6,000 feet.

What is cumulus?

200

this cloud is high, flat, and wispy

What is cirrostratus?

300

These level of clouds bring light rain or snow

What is low level clouds

400

this cloud is a puffy thunderstorm cloud

What is a cumulonimbus cloud?

500

This root word means high

What is cirro?

Fronts

100

This front brings rain fall in an area for a couple days

What is a stationary front?

200

this symbol has three triangles at the bottom

What is a cold front?

300

this front forms when a mass of warm air overtakes a cold air mass and moves over it.

What is a warm front?

400

this front brings violent storms with fair, cold weather.

What is a cold front?

500

this symbol has two triangles and a semi circle at the top.

What is occluded front?

Weather Instruments

100

This instrument measures air pressure

What is a barometer?

200

This instrument determines the direction the wind is blowing

What is a wind vane?

300

This instrument measures relative humidity

What is a sling psychrometer?

400

This instrument measures wind speed

What is an anemometer?

500

one of the best ways to help detect the weather

What is eyes?