True or False. Weather changes minute by minute.

True or False. Measurements of weather include temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, humidity levels and precipitation

The average conditions of the atmosphere for a certain location over a long period of time.

True or False. Climate take a very long time to change

The envelope of gasses that surround the planet Earth.

An instrument used to measure temperature

An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure

An instrument used to measure wind speed

An instrument that can be whirled in the air

until the reading of the wet-bulb thermometer reaches a constant value

An instrument for measuring the quantity of precipitation

1. A revolving pointer to show the direction of the wind,

2. typically mounted on top of a building.

The atmosphere contains what gas we need to survive

True or False. The atmosphere traps energy from the sun

to keep the planet warm (greenhouse effect).

True or False. The atmosphere does NOT create protection

from ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun (ozone layer)

True or False. The atmosphere protects us from meteors (turns them into meteoroids)

We live here (layer closest to Earth)

We rarely visit this later (second layer from Earth)

Protects Earth's surface from being hit by

meteors (burns them up as meteoroids or shooting stars)

Biggest (consists of 2 sub layers) and hottest layer

Our clouds, storm and all weather occur here

Ozone layer is here

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) are seen here and radio waves bounce off

ions in the ionosphere back to Earth's surface

Outermost layer of the atmosphere

True or False. Gasses in the atmosphere are: Nitrogen 78%, Oxygen 21%, Carbon Dioxide 1%

All other gasses in the atmosphere that are extremely small are called

All other gasses in the atmosphere that trap in re-radiated heat are called