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Clouds
Global Warming
Precipitation
Instruments
Clothing
100
Clouds that are uniform, flat with thick to thin ill defined edges.
What are stratus clouds?
100
The overall increase in the average temperature of the Earth.
What is Global Warming?
100
Precipitation that is formed by water vapour condensing within a cloud.
What is rain?
100
Thermometer
What is an instrument to measure temperature?
100
Another name for the outer layer of clothing.
What is the shell?
200
Thin, wispy and curly clouds.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
Destruction of forests to make land available for other uses.
What is deforestation?
200
Formed when temperatures are low and there is moisture in the atmosphere.
What is snow?
200
Anemometer
What is an instrument to measure wind speed?
200
Also known as the wicking layer.
What is the base layer?
300
Puffy and piled up clouds.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
Radiation and gases from the Earth's atmosphere warm the Earth's surface.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
300
Water droplets carried by a storm well above the freezing level.
What is hail?
300
Weather Vane
What is an instrument to measure wind direction?
300
Wearing a base, mid and outer layer to go outside.
What is appropriate for winter?
400
Dark, dense and low clouds.
What are nimbus clouds?
400
Rainfall made acidic by pollution in the atmosphere.
What is acid rain?
400
Precipitation that is a mixture of a liquid and solid.
What is sleet?
400
Barometer
What is an instrument to measure air pressure?
400
Polyester fabrics that dry quickly.
What is synthetic fabric?
500
Water vapour condenses onto microscopic dust particles floating in the air.
What is the process by which clouds form?
500
Pollution containing chlorine and bromine is causing the ozone layer to become thinner.
What is Ozone Depletion?
500
Condensation --> Precipitation --> Evaporation -->
What is the water cycle?
500
Psychrometer
What is an instrument to measure humidity?
500
The type of fibres that make up fabrics such as wool.
What are natural fibres?