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Layers of the Atmosphere
The Water Cycle
Types of Precipitation
Measurements of Weather
Types of Clouds
100
The layer of the Earth we live in and where the weather occurs
The troposphere
100
There are four types and you should already know the answer.
Precipitation
100
A type of liquid precipitation where water falls from the clouds
Rain
100
Measures air pressure
Barometer
100
The type of cloud tornadoes come from
Funnel cloud
200
The layer of the atmosphere where meteorites burn up and the aurora borealis takes place
The mesosphere
200
When trees let off water that floats into the atmopshere
Transpiration
200
A type of frozen precipitation where snow and rain fall at the same time
Sleet
200
Measures tempurature
Thermostat/ thermometer
200
The cloud highest up in the atmosphere
Cirrus
300
The combination of the mesosphere and the thermosphere
The ionosphere
300
The stage after precipitation where the water moves across the land
Run-off
300
A type of precipitation where large chunks of frozen water hit land and can be up to the size of a baseball
Hail
300
Measures wind direction
weather vane
300
The cloud that thunderstorms come from
Cumulonimbus
400
The second from bottom layer where planes fly and the ozone layer is located
The stratosphere
400
Another word for the water cycle
Hydro logic cycle or H2O cycle
400
Type of frozen liquid where each drop is a different shape and is also the reason why school gets out during the winter
Snow
400
Measures liquid precipitation
Rain gauge
400
The cloud light rain comes from
Nimbostratus
500
The top layer of the atmosphere where spaceships and satellites fly
The exosphere
500
Another name for transpiration
Evapotranspiration
500
A light rain the can last for multiple days
Drizzle
500
Measures humidity
Hygrometer
500
Is created by the eclipse
Cirrostratus