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Atmosphere
Atmosphere 2
Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather
100
The layer of gases that surround the Earth is called the _____________________.
What is the atmosphere
100
What are the 4 layers of the Earth?
What is Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Trophosphere
100
What is water in the gas form called?
What is water vapor
100
Name the four types of clouds
What is stratus, cumulus, cirrus, and cumulonimbus.
100
What does a barometer measure?
What is air pressure
200
What gas makes up the largest portion of air?
What is Nitrogen
200
The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain place and time is _____________.
What is weather
200
What is the change of state from a liquid to a gas?
What is evaporation
200
What are clouds that are low-level clouds that form in layers and bring steady rain?
What is Stratus clouds
200
waht does an anemometer measure?
What is wind speed
300
What are the 2 main gases in the air?
What is Nitrogen and Oxygen
300
In which layer of the Earth's atmosphere does weather occur?
What is troposphere.
300
What is the change of state from a gas to a liquid?
What is condensation
300
What are clouds that bring thunderstorms?
What is Cumulonimbus
300
What are three main factors that affect climate?
What is latitude, altitude and water or mountains
400
In the process of making food plants give off what?
What is Oxygen
400
What layer does space begin in?
What is thermosphere
400
What is precipitation?
What is any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface
400
What are three forms of precipitation?
What is snow, sleet and hail
400
What are 3 types of severe weather?
What is hurricaine, snowstorm and tornado
500
The weight of air as it presses down is called ______________________.
What is air pressure
500
What is the process by which heat from the Sun builds up near Earth's surface and is trapped there by the atmosphere?
What is Greenhouse effect
500
What is the water cycle?
What is the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth's surface as precipitation.
500
What are clouds that are thin, feathery and made of ice crystals?
What is cirrus
500
What is a front?
What is when two air masses meet