
Weather
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- Q1
The thin blanket of gases and dust particles that surrounds the earth is called the
atmosphere
weather
air
altitude
30s - Q2
The weight of the air is called
altitude
weather
air pressure
atmosphere
30s - Q3
The measurement of the distance above sea level is called
atmosphere
weather
humidity
altitude
30s - Q4
The condition of the atmosphere at any moment in time is called
humidity
air pressure
weather
altitude
30s - Q5
Water vapor in the atmosphere is called
sleet
wind
weather
humidity
30s - Q6
The layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs
thermosphere
stratosphere
exosphere
troposphere
30s - Q7
Raindrops that are pushed up and over and over again into tall clouds and freeze before falling to the earth form
sleet
hail
snow
rain
30s - Q8
Condensed water vapor or ice crystals form
sleet
front
clouds
snow
30s - Q9
Raindrops that freeze on their way to the earth and land as tiny pellets from
sleet
snow
hail
rain
30s - Q10
Water droplets in the clouds that join together to make larger droplets
rain
sleet
hail
snow
30s - Q11
Ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth form
sleet
hail
rain
snow
30s - Q12
A body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture is called an
front
humidity
air mass
clouds
30s - Q13
The boundary where two unlike air masses meet is called a
clouds
front
clouds
hail
30s - Q14
When the prefix __________ is added to the name of a cloud, it tells you it is going to produce rain.
strato-
nimbo-
cirro-
alto-
30s - Q15
Gravity pulls the atmosphere toward the earth.
truefalseTrue or False30s