Weather Factors Quiz

Front 1

Oxygen

Back 1

earth's atmosphere contains about 4 times as much nitrogen as __________________

Front 2

Mass

Back 2

air in the atmosphere has pressure because air has ______

Front 3

barometer

Back 3

instruments used to measure air pressure are called _____

Front 4

snow

Back 4

___________ forms when the air temperature is below freezing and water vapor changes directly to a solid

Front 5

ultraviolet

Back 5

wavelengths that are a little bit shorter than visible light are ________

Front 6

cirrus

Back 6

very high feathery clouds are called _____________

Front 7

air mass

Back 7

a(n) ________________ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the earth's surface over which it develops

Front 8

dew point

Back 8

when air contains as much moisture as possible at a specific temperature it has reached its _____________

Front 9

fog

Back 9

_______________ is a stratus cloud that forms near the ground

Front 10

sun

Back 10

the interaction of air, water, and _________ causes weather

Front 11

infrared

Back 11

most of the energy that heats the earth's atmosphere is ____________

Front 12

air pressure

Back 12

winds are caused by differences in _____________

Front 13

stratus

Back 13

layered clouds that often cover much of the sky are called ________________

Front 14

isotherm

Back 14

a(n) _____________ connects points of equal temperatures

Front 15

relative humidity

Back 15

___________ is a measure of the amount of water vapor the air is holding, compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature

Front 16

water vapor

Back 16

clouds form as warm air rises, expand, cools, becomes saturated, and then ___________ condense(s) into droplets

Front 17

cumulus

Back 17

masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases, are called _____________

Front 18

isobar

Back 18

to keep track of high-and-low pressure areas, weather maps are drawn with lines connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure. One of these lines is called a(n) _____________

Front 19

Sleet

Back 19

____________ forms when raindrops pass through a layer of freezing air near Earth's surface, forming ice pellets

Front 20

Front

Back 20

the boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a(n) ________________