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15-16 test
6th grade Burson science test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |