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50 Cards in this Set
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What is weather?
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The condition of the air around us
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The condition of the weather over a 30 year span?
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Climate
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A warm front forms what kinds of clouds?
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Stratus
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The area of the Midwest that receives so many tornadoes each year is called?
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Tornado Alley
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Towering, thunderhead clouds are called?
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Cumulonimbus
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What is thunder?
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The sound of air rapidly expanding after the discharge of lightning.
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The title of a weather forecaster?
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Meterologist
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Layered clouds that form low?
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Stratus
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Feathery clouds that form high in the atmosphere?
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Cirrus
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Clouds that form low to the ground?
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Fog
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How is the rain formed?
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Water drops form on dust particles forming clouds. Once these water drops become heavy enough, they fall.
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Which is larger - a hurricane or a tornado?
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A Hurricane
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What causes wind?
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Differences in temperature and wind pressure
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What is the watercyle?
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The processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and accumulation that the Earth's water continuously undergoes.
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What is a tornado?
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A thunderstorm whose winds become so rapid that the cloud drops and touches the ground traveling in paths along the earth.
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When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it is what in the Northern Hemisphere?
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Winter
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What do we call ice balls that rain from the skies?
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Hail
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What is the name of the atmosphere layer that weather occurs in?
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Troposphere
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Name the seven colors of the rainbow in order.
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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
Remember: Roy G. Biv |
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What do we call long periods without rain when plant life and/or animal life begins to die?
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Drought
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The measure of moisture in the air is called?
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Humidity
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What is a hurricane?
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A large rotating storm with very high winds that form over oceans.
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What is the greenhouse effect?
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The Earth's atmospher acts like a blanket trapping in the sun's heat.
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What are clouds made of?
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Dust and water drops
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How many layers does the atmosphere have?
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Four
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How are rainbows formed?
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Sunlight bends in raindrops projecting broken light rays.
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What is wind?
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Moving air
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Name the four seasons.
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Spring, summer, winter, fall
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What does nimbus mean?
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Rain
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What is the name of the scale used to classify wind speeds?
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Beaufort Scale
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What is the most abundant gas in the air?
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nitrogen
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Which causes the most damage - a hurricane or tornado?
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Tornado
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Is the air warmer or cooler as you go up the troposphere?
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Cooler
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Clouds that form low and bring rain?
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stratus
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What is the atmosphere?
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The air that surrounds the Earth.
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The three properties of air are?
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Mass, weight, and exerts pressure
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Is air pressure greater near the sea or on a mountain top?
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Near the sea
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Oxygen and nitrogen gases make up a clear mass that we call?
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Air
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What does evaporation mean?
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Water heats up and turns to water vapor or steam.
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White, fluffy clouds are called?
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Cumulos
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What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
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Anenometer
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The process of the water cycle where the clouds form is called?
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Condensation
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Does air pressure rise or drop before a storm?
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Drop
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Static electricity in clouds is called?
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Lightning
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What instrument measures air pressure?
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Barometer
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The process of the water cycle where water vapor rises from oceans and streams?
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Evaporation
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The process of the water cycle where rain, snow, sleet, or hail falls.
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Precipitation
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Two out of 100 thunderstorms turn into?
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Tornadoes
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The process of the water cycle where precipitation begins pooling into rivers and oceans?
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Accumulation
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A cold front forms what kind of clouds?
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Cumulonimbus
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