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15-16 test
6th grade Burson science test
Question | Answer |
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process in which wind from land blows to a body of water | land breeze |
big, fluffy clouds that often produce thunderstorms | cumulonimbus |
clouds which form in layers | stratus |
thin, whispy clouds | cirrus |
instrument used to measure wind speed | anemometer |
samll, compact barometer that doesn't contain a liqud | aneroid barometer |
process by which wind from a body of water blows to land | sea breeze |
difference between a mercury and an aneroid barometer | liquid |
layer of the atmosphere that we live in | troposphere |
layer of the atmosphere which contsins sattilites | exosphere |
layer of the atmosphere that contains ozone | straosphere |
layer of the atmosphere that burns meteroids | mesophere |
layer of the atmosphere where the auroa boriallis occurs | ionosphere/thermosphere |
coldest layer of the atmosphere | mesophere |
a disturbance in the clouds | rain |
the percentage of nitrogen in the air | 78% |
earth provides this for us to live off of | gases |
winds that blow over short distances | local winds |
winds that blow over long distances | global winds |
percentage of oxygen in the air | 21% |
temperature in which condensarion condences | dew point |
instrument use dto measuer air pressure | barometer |
calm areas around the equator | doldrums and horse latitudes |