Name __________________________________________ Date __________ Per______
Weather Fact Sheet
Fill in the word(s) that best goes with each phrase or question.
____________________ 1. 3 ways heat moves
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____________________ 2. Two instruments that measure humidity
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____________________ 3. (Land/Water) The one that takes less time to heat up
____________________ 4. (More/Less) The amount of water vapor hot air holds compared to cool air
____________________ 5. Temperature at which saturation of the air is reached
____________________ 6. The actual amount of water vapor in the air
____________________ 7. Lines that connect points of the same temperature
____________________ 8. Warmest month on average
____________________ 9. Coolest month on average
____________________ 10. Coolest part of the day on average
____________________ 11. Forms when water condenses on a frozen surface
____________________12. When the air holds all the water vapor it possibly can we say it’s ______
____________________ 13. The total amount of matter that something else can hold (starts with a c)
____________________ 14. The state of the atmosphere at a given place & time
____________________ 15. The study of weather
____________________ 16. Scale that relates wind speed to its effects on land & sea
____________________ 17. Indicates that sustained weather conditions have been sighted & are expected
within 24 hours or less in your area
____________________ 18. List the order of the layers of the atmosphere, Low-High
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____________________ 19. The measure of the average kinetic energy in matter
____________________ 20. Energy from the sun
____________________ 21. Warmest part of the day on average
____________________ 22. Occurs when there is a high pressure system over land & a low pressure system
over the ocean
____________________ 23. Layer of the atmosphere within the thermosphere where radio waves are reflected
by charged particles
___________________ 24. Layer of the atmosphere that contains the Ozone layer
___________________ 25. Layer of the atmosphere that contains the Jet Stream
___________________ 26. Instrument that measures wind speed
___________________ 27. The cooling effect of the wind
___________________ 28. Largest, most powerful, low pressure storm
___________________ 29. Name 3 states of Tornado Alley
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___________________ 30. Loud sound resulting from the rapid heating of the air around a thunder bolt of
lightning