Weather and Climate

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere

the amount of water vapor in the air

• warm front
• precipitation
• humidity
• air pressure

An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is

• barometer
• thermometer
• wind sock
• rain guage

An instrument that measures air pressure

• thermometer
• barometer
• rain guage
• wind sock

Rain, sleet, hail, and freezing rain are all...

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation
• perspiration

____________ air sinks/falls because it is ____________dense.

• Cold, More
• Warm, Less
• Cold, Less
• Warm, More

The weight of air as it presses down on Earth's surface

• front
• air pressure
• air mass
• evaporation

The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place. 

• weather
• climate
• precipitation
• atmosphere

The short-term condition of the atmosphere .

• Climate
• Weather

What can change entire ecosystems and create extinctions in species?

• Climate
• Weather