Weather

What is the LOWEST layer of the atmosphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

The two substances that make up air are ____________ and ___________.

• Nitrogen

• Iodine

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

Insolation is ____________

• The distance north or south of the equator - this is a major cause of the climate a location will have

• The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level - it can greatly change the climate of an area.

• The layer of gases surrounding the earth.

• The amount of incoming solar radiation that reaches earth at a given place and time.

Select the two types of barometers.

• Lava barometer

• Heat brometer

• Aneroid barometer

• Android barometer

• Mercury barometer

What is weather?

• The lowest section of earth's atmosphere. All weather happens in this section!

• What the lower atmosphere is like at a given place and time.

• The amount of incoming solar radiation that reaches earth at a given place and time.

What does this tool measure?

• Wind speed
• Wind direction
• Air pressure
• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the difference between a HYGROMETER and an ANEMOMETER?

• A hygrometer measures air temperature while an anemometer measures wind speed.

• What are you talking about? They both measure the same thing.

• A hygrometer measures humidity while an anemometer measures the amount of rainfall.

• A hygrometer measures humidity while an anemometer measures wind speed.

The Celsius and Fahrenheit scales both measure...

• wind speed

• humidity

• temperature

Altitude is ___________.

• The amount of incoming solar radiation that reaches earth at a given place and time.

• The lowest section of earth's atmosphere. All weather happens in this section!

• The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level - it can greatly change the climate of an area.

• The distance north or south of the equator - this is a major cause of the climate a location will have

The pattern that the weather folows throughout the year is ___________.

• Altitude

• Climate

• Air pressure

• This weather unit rocks!!!!!