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Connect 4 Weather Review
Questions
1. Rain, snow and sleet are all kinds of ___.
2. These types of clouds form blanket like layers.
3. The process in which liquid changes to a gas.
4. What is a barometer?
5. What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in?
6. A high, wispy, feather like cloud made of ice crystals.
7. When water collects on a glass of lemonade, where does the water come from?
8. What does insolation stand for?
9. Besides the troposphere, name two other layers of the atmosphere.
10. Because of insolation, it is warmest at this part of the Earth.
11. It gets colder as you go up in altitude because…
12. What instrument is used to measure temperature?
13. Name the four different types of precipitation.
14. The larger the angle of insolation, the (warmer or colder) the weather?
15. What happens in the Stratosphere?
16. As you go higher in altitude, what happens to air pressure?
17. What is the name for the layer of gases that surround the Earth?
18. What the lower atmosphere is like at any given time or place.
19. Clouds which rise up from a flat bottom.
20. The name given to water in the air.
21. The process in which gas turns into a liquid.
22. This word, when added to cumulus or stratus, means rain.
23. A cloud at ground level.
24. The amount of humidity in the air, and the amount the air can hold.
25. Name 3 ways to describe cloud cover.
26. The nucleus of any type of precipitation is usually a tiny spec of ….
27. When warm it rises, it condenses, and forms….
28. What is the difference between sleet and hail?
29. The constant cycle of warm air rising and cold air sinking, is called…
30. Besides oxygen, what other element makes up the air we breathe?
31. Scientists determine the stop and start of a new layer of the atmosphere because of…
32. The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
33. Leaves release water through a process called..
34. List the 3 stages of the water cycle.
35. The coldest temperatures can be found here.
Answers
1. Rain, snow and sleet are all kinds of precipitation.
2. Stratus clouds form blanket like layers.
3. The process in which liquid changes to a gas is evaporation.
4. A barometer is an instrument used to measure air temperature.
5. All weather occurs in the troposphere.
6. Cirrus clouds are high, wispy, feather like clouds.
7. When water collects on a glass of lemonade, the water comes from the air surrounding the glass.
8. Insolation stands for, incoming solar radiation.
9. Besides the troposphere, some other layers of the atmosphere include, the stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere.
10. Because of insolation, it is warmest at the equator, because it has the largest angle of insolation.
11. It gets colder as you go up in altitude because you are getting farther away from the ground and the ground is our heat source.
12. Thermometers are the instruments used to measure temperature.
13. The four types of precipitation are, sleet, snow, rain, and hail.
14. The larger the angle of insolation, the warmer the temperature.
15. Our weather satellites orbit the Earth in the Stratosphere.
16. As you go higher in altitude, air pressure decreases.
17. The layer of gases that surround the Earth is the atmosphere.
18. When talking about what the lower atmosphere is like, we are talking about weather.
19. A cloud which rises up from a flat bottom is a cumulus cloud.
20. The name given to water in the air is water vapor.
21. Gas turning to a liquid is condensation.
22. When nimbo or nimbus is added to cloud types it means rain.
23. A cloud at ground level is called fog.
24. The amount of humidity in the air, and the amount the air can hold, is relative humidity.
25. Cloud cover can be described as clear, overcast, scattered clouds, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy.
26. Condensation usually happens around a spec of dust.
27. When warm air rises, it condenses and forms clouds.
28. The difference between sleet and hail is sleet is frozen rain, and hail is frozen balls of ice.
29. The constant cycle of warm air rising and cold air sinking is called convection.
30. The air we breathe is made up of oxygen and nitrogen.
31. The new layers of the atmosphere are determined by sudden drops in temperature.
32. The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it is air pressure.
33. Leaves release water through a process called transpiration.
34. The three stages in the water cycle are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
35. The coldest temperatures can be found at the Earth’s poles.