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Vocabulary, week 31 (Clue Matching)
Record #5
Topic: 7.E.1 Weather
Instructions: Write each word or phrase from the “terms—incorrect order” column next to its three matching clues. Use your notes to find the correct
answers. #1 is done for you.
If this assignment is complete and turned in on time, your score will be 4/4, which is 100%. Complete means you have shown:
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all or nearly all correct matches,
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your full name and your science period.
When your paper is returned to you, it is your job to check and correct it, then place it in the right place in your science binder.
1st clue
2nd clue
3rd clue
O2
21% of air
Necessary for burning
2.
Can be relative or absolute
A measure of water content
High in rainforest, low in desert
anemometer
3.
The hottest part of the
atmosphere
Above the mesosphere
Gets hotter as altitude increases
atmosphere
4.
Has the ozone layer
Above troposphere
Gets hotter as you go higher.
carbon dioxide
5.
Long-term
Average weather conditions
Earth’s has been getting warmer
climate
6.
Orbits Earth.
If it goes too slowly, it will fall
to Earth.
cloud
7.
Can be for communication and /
or weather
Can be liquid, gas, and or solid
here on Earth.
cold front
8.
Can cause acid rain.
Smelly (like rotten eggs)
conduction
9.
Cloud at ground level
Floating liquid drops
convection
10.
Combination of warm and cold
fronts
Unpredictable weather
dew point
11.
Heat transfer
Direct contact of surfaces
e.g. a pan on an electric burner
fog
12.
Tiny solids
Floating in air
Dirt, salt, ash, pollen for
example
humidity
13.
Above stratosphere
Gets colder as altitude increases
Below thermosphere
isobar
14.
We live at the bottom of it.
Gets colder as altitude increases
The weather layer
mesosphere
15.
O3
Harmful when at ground level
Helpful when it is in the
stratosphere
nitrogen
16.
Same pressure
Lines never intersect
Found on a weather map
occluded front
17.
Funnel cloud
Localized effect
Fast winds
oxygen
18.
Air
Made of gases, mostly
Also has particulates and water
droplets
ozone
19.
Measured in degrees Farenheit
Measured in degrees Celsius
How fast molecules move.
particulate matter
20.
Elevation
Measured in meter above sea
level
photochemical smog
21.
Made with two thermometers
Measures relative humidity
Measured in feet above sea
level
Does not measure absolute
humidity.
precipitation
22.
Heat transfer
Movement of fluid
e.g. warm air currents
radiation
23.
Occurs when sunlight acts on
chemicals
Occurs mainly in cities in the
summertime
Makes ground-level ozone
satellite
24.
CO2
Only 0.0035% of air
A greenhouse gas
sling psychrometer
25.
Similar to air density, but
measured with a barometer
stationary front
26.
stratosphere
27.
shows fronts
sulfur
28.
Rain
temperature
29.
thermosphere
30.
tornado
31.
troposphere
32.
warm front
33.
water
34.
Energy transfer.
weather map
35.
Measures air speed
terms—incorrect order
CORRECTED order
air pressure
1. oxygen
altitude
two hydrogens,
one oxygen
Forms an oxide when coal
burns.
Droplets of water
Pushes in from all sides
Amount in air varies (0 to 5%)
Bars, millibars, psi, inches of
mercury
Quick storms
Cooler and drier after it passes
Shows isobars
Shows areas of high and low
pressure
Snow
hail
Stays in one place for a long
time
Produces rain for a long time
Several types
Suspended droplets of water
Similar to fog, but higher up
A temperature
Vapor changes to liquid
Vapor changes to frost
Warm air moves over cold air
Usually brings rain
We breathe it but don’t use it.
N2
We can see light.
We can feel infrared.
You can make one from paper
cups and pencils
Comes from the sun and other
sources.
Makes up most of air
Turns with the wind