Unit 8 Lesson 1: Elements of Weather

Define Weather

• The short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, visibility, and air pressure.

• The measure of how hot or cold air is.

• The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things.

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What is the water cycle?

• The short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, visibility, and air pressure.

• The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things.

• The measure of how hot or cold air is.

• Weather and Climate are the same.

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Define relative humidity

• The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation.

• The short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, visibility, and air pressure.

• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.

• This is the measurement of how hot or cold something is

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Define dew point

• The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation.

• The temperature at which more condensation than evaporation occurs

• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.

• The short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, visibility, and air pressure.

What are four types of precipitation?

• Temperature, Sleet, Fog, Higher

• Lower, Wind, Humidity, Snow

• Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail

• Humidity, Temperature, Snail, Rain

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In recording data, it is important to use the proper unit. Which unit is used to measure how warm or cool the air is?

• Liters (L)

• Grams (g)

• Millimeters (m)

• Degrees Celsius (Degrees C)

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Air density is an important measure of weather. Which of these is an appropriate unit for density?

• m/L

• mL/g

• kg/m cubed

• mL/km

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Beryl reads a thermometer. The pointer is between the 24 and the 25. Which of these would be an appropriate unit of measurement for this reading?

• Degrees C

• cm

• kL

• mg