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ch.16vocab
vocabulary words of chapter 16 science textbook 6th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| this is utilized to measure the condensed water vapor that falls from the clouds to Earth's surface | rain gauge |
| thin, high and feathery clouds that are made of ice crystals | cirrus clouds |
| this is the difference between an aneroid and a mercury barometer | aneroid- without liquid mercury- with liquid |
| this is caused by differences in air pressure | wind |
| this is the atmosphere layer that we live in | troposphere |
| the temperature at which water vapor condenses into liquid water | dew point |
| condensation on solid surfaces | dew |
| these make up Earth's major wind belts | prevailing westerlies,polar easterlies,trade winds |
| instrument utilized to detect the direction of the wind | wind vane |
| layer of atmosphere that contains ozone | stratosphere |
| a type of local wind that occurs in the daytime | sea breeze |
| 3 main cloud type | cumulus,cirrus,stratus |
| cool global winds | polar easterlies |
| the atmosphere provides its what? that is important to all living things | gases |
| weather layer of atmosphere | troposphere |
| cool air is more or less? dense than warm air | more |
| the air pressure increases or decreases? as you go up farther up into the atmosphere | decreases |
| what percent of air has oxygen in it? | 21% |
| local wind tht occurs at night | land breeze |
| the mercury column in a mercury barometer will fall or rise? when the air pressure increases | rise |
| layer of atmosphere that will burn meteoroids as they go through it | mesosphere |
| big gas layer that surrounds Earth | atmosphere |
| air has mass so air has what? | density |
| part of atmophere containing satellites | exosphere |
| instrument that measures wind speed | anemometer |
| calm areas in the world | horse latitudes and doldrums |
| condition of the atmosphere at a certain time & place | weather |
| part of atmosphere where aurora borealis occurs | ionosphere |
| oxygen form with 3 atoms in each molecule | ozone |
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