Earth's Atmosphere Vocabulary Quiz

Weight of the Earth's atmosphere pressing down upon its surface

• weather

• precipitation

• friction

• air pressure

Evaporation of water out of the leaves of plants

• condensation

• exosphere

• precipitation

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Layer of Earth's atmosphere that contains the ozone layer

• thermosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

Device that measures wind direction

• barometer

• wind direction pointer

• climate

• weathervane

Device that measures the amount of water vapor (humidity)

• hygrometer

• aquifers

• anemometer

• troposphere

Process when ice turns directly into a gas

• condensation

• evaporation

• sublimation

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Device that measures wind speed

• anemometer

• weather

• barometer

• hygrometer

Water that falls back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail

• condensation

• precipitation

• weather

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The study of the atmosphere and all that takes place within the atmosphere

• astronomy

• weather

• meteorology

• meteorologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

State of the atmosphere at a certain place at a specific time

• climate

• weather

• precipitation

• meteorology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5