Earth Science Chapter Two

What are the 3 forms of electromagnetic waves?

What is the most common form of precipitation?

What is a land breeze?

What occurs when raindrops freeze and touch a cold surface?

The two common scales used to measure temperature are

Fluids tend to move from areas of __?__pressure to areas of __?__ pressure

Some of the energy from the sun is absorbed by the land and water and changed into ?

What is the difference between sleet and hail?

The cooling the wind can cause is called a

What measures relative humidity?

As liquids heat up, they

A thermometer usually contains

The temperature at which condensation begins is the

What degree Celsius does water freeze?

What are used in cloud seeding?

A lava lamp is an example of

Wind direction is measured by a

Cold air holds more water than warm air.

Meteorologists measure rainfuall with a

What does an anemometer measure?

The direct transfer of energy by electronmagnetic waves is called

What is a horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure?

Reflection of light in all directions is called

What is the coriolis effect?

Any form of water that falls from the clouds and reaches the Earth's surface is called

What instrument measures temperature?

Long periods of unusually low precipitation are called

What instrument is used to measure relative humidity?

Which is a form of energy that can travel through space?

Air further from the Earth's surface is heated by

Clouds are classified by their

The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid is

What condenses in the atmosphere to form clouds?

What does a barometer measure?

The movement of water between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere is called the

Global winds are created by unequal heating of the

Too many greenhouse gases cause the Earth's temperature to

Infrared radiation is

Temperature differences between the equator and the poles produce giant

Air can move easily from place to place because it is a