Unit D Chapter 1: Weather Conditions
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| atmosphere | layer of air that surrounds our planet
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| air pressure | particles of air pressing down on the surface
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| troposphere | layer closest to Earth, where most the weather takes place
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| stratosphere | layer of atmosphere where the ozone is
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| greenhouse effect | trapping heat by the atmosphere
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| air mass | a large body of air that has temperature and moisture similar to that of the area over which it forms
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| front | the area where two air masses meet
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| cirrus cloud | long, wispy horsetail clouds at high altitudes made up of ice crystals
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| cumulus cloud | puffy cotton ball clouds that form when water droplets condense at middle altitudes
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| cumulonimbus cloud | towering and dark clouds with a nimbus, or halo, of gray white
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| stratus cloud | low altitude, horizontal, gray cloud
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| barometer | measures air pressure
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| humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air
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| hygrometer | measures humidity
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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