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Air and Weather

Lesson 1

25 cards·by kmcrspn
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The blanket of air surronding Earth is called the ______________________.
atmosphere
The atmosphere is made up mostly of __ and _________.
oxygen nitrogen
The four layers of Earth's atmosphere, from lowest to highest, are ___, _____, mesosphere,and thermosphere.
troposphere stratosphere
The condition of the atmosphere at a given time and plac is called _____.
weather
When you measure how hot or cold something is, you measure its ______ ______________
air temperature
Three factors that affect air temperature include time of day or night, __________, andcloseness to oceans.
season
Warm air particles ar e_______ dense, or packed together, thatn cold air.
less
A measure of the amount of moisture in the air is __________.humididy
answer
As air cools, the air pressure _____________.
increases
I am the wieght of the air above you. What am I?
air pressure
I am moving air What am I
wind
I can tell you how hot or cold the air is. What am I?
thermometer
I can tell you how much it rained .What am I?
rain gauge
I can tell you what the air presssure is. What am I?
barometer
I point in the direction of the wind. What am I?
wind vane
I am the amount of moisture in the air. What am I?
humidity
I am a measure of how hot or cold something is. What am I?
temperature
Moving air is called _________.
wind
Air moves when the Sun's ________________ heats the air.
energy
Any form of water that falls from the clouds is ______________.
precipitation
Percipitation includes rain, snow, sleet, and ____________.
hail
Scientists collect data from a _________ ___________.
weather station
To measure rainfall, scientists collect rain in a tube called a(n) ___________ __________.
rain gauge
A tool used to measure air pressure is called a(n) _______________.
barometer
The lowest level of the atmosphere is called __________________________.
troposphere