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What is a funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth's surface?
What is a funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth's surface?
A tornado
What is the name of the instrument used to measure air pressure?
What is the name of the instrument used to measure air pressure?
A barometer
What part of a hurricane is calm, without high winds?
What part of a hurricane is calm, without high winds?
The eye
What kind of air mass forms over northern Mexico and affects southwestern US?
What kind of air mass forms over northern Mexico and affects southwestern US?
A continental tropical air mass
What is the temperature at which a gas condenses to form a liquid?
What is the temperature at which a gas condenses to form a liquid?
The dew point
What causes wind?
What causes wind?
Differences in air pressure
What is the name of the type of wind that generally blows from a specific direction, over a long period of time?
What is the name of the type of wind that generally blows from a specific direction, over a long period of time?
Global winds
Does air pressure increase or decrease as you rise higher in the atmosphere?
Does air pressure increase or decrease as you rise higher in the atmosphere?
Decrease
What absorbs most of Earth's incoming ultraviolet radiation?
What absorbs most of Earth's incoming ultraviolet radiation?
Ozone in the Stratosphere.
What is the name of the thermal transfer that takes place because cold air is denser than warm air?
What is the name of the thermal transfer that takes place because cold air is denser than warm air?
Convection
What powers the water cycle?
What powers the water cycle?
The sun
What are very high feathery clouds called?
What are very high feathery clouds called?
Cirrus clouds
Is the total amount of water on Earth fairly constant or is it increasing?
Is the total amount of water on Earth fairly constant or is it increasing?
Fairly constant
Where is most of the Earth's fresh water found?
Where is most of the Earth's fresh water found?
Polar ice caps
What do we call the water that travels under ground toward the ocean?
What do we call the water that travels under ground toward the ocean?
Groundwater
What causes day and night on Earth?
What causes day and night on Earth?
Earth's rotation on its axis
What did the solar system form from?
What did the solar system form from?
The solar nebula: gas and dust
Do we see evidence that the galaxies are moving together or apart?
Do we see evidence that the galaxies are moving together or apart?
Apart
What are two factors that combine to keep the planets in orbit?
What are two factors that combine to keep the planets in orbit?
Gravity and inertia
What is a comet made of?
What is a comet made of?
Ice and dust
How much of Earth's water is fresh water?
How much of Earth's water is fresh water?
About 3%
What is the name of the continuous chain of underwater mountains?
What is the name of the continuous chain of underwater mountains?
Mid-ocean Ridge
What causes tides?
What causes tides?
The relative position of the Earth, Sun and Moon
What is the technique that uses sound waves to measure the depth of the ocean?
What is the technique that uses sound waves to measure the depth of the ocean?
SONAR
What is the process of obtaining fresh water from salt water called?
What is the process of obtaining fresh water from salt water called?
Desalination
What do we call the land that supplies water to a river system?
What do we call the land that supplies water to a river system?
Watershed
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