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4. ANSWER: The two gases that make up 99% of Earth’s atmosphere.ANSWER: The two gases that make up 99% of Earth’s atmosphere. QUESTION: What are nitrogen and oxygen?QUESTION: What are nitrogen and oxygen?

5. ANSWER: Gases that absorb and give off infrared radiation.ANSWER: Gases that absorb and give off infrared radiation. QUESTION: What are greenhouse gases?QUESTION: What are greenhouse gases?

6. ANSWER: The three natural processes that continually change the atmosphere?ANSWER: The three natural processes that continually change the atmosphere? QUESTION: What are the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles?QUESTION: What are the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles?

7. ANSWER: The three ways that energy is moved throughout the atmosphere.ANSWER: The three ways that energy is moved throughout the atmosphere. QUESTION: What are radiation, conduction, and convection?QUESTION: What are radiation, conduction, and convection?

8. ANSWER: The atmosphere’s four layers from the Earth’s surface up and the characteristic that defines them.ANSWER: The atmosphere’s four layers from the Earth’s surface up and the characteristic that defines them. QUESTION: What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and temperature?QUESTION: What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and temperature?

9. ANSWER: Any instrument that measures air pressure.ANSWER: Any instrument that measures air pressure. QUESTION: What is a barometer?QUESTION: What is a barometer?

10. ANSWER: This causes Earth’s global winds to curve rather than to move in straight lines.ANSWER: This causes Earth’s global winds to curve rather than to move in straight lines. QUESTION: What is the Coriolis effect?QUESTION: What is the Coriolis effect?

11. ANSWER: The three main types of clouds.ANSWER: The three main types of clouds. QUESTION: What are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus?QUESTION: What are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus?

12. ANSWER: A condition in which the rates of evaporation and condensation are equal.ANSWER: A condition in which the rates of evaporation and condensation are equal. QUESTION: What is saturation?QUESTION: What is saturation?

13. ANSWER: The 5 forms of precipitation that reaches Earth’s surface.ANSWER: The 5 forms of precipitation that reaches Earth’s surface. QUESTION: What are rain & drizzle, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and hail.QUESTION: What are rain & drizzle, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and hail.

14. ANSWER:ANSWER: The 3 types of weather fronts. The 3 types of weather fronts. QUESTION:QUESTION: What are cold, warm, and stationary? What are cold, warm, and stationary?

15. ANSWER: The difference between a tropical storm and a hurricane.ANSWER: The difference between a tropical storm and a hurricane. QUESTION: What is wind speed (34 mi/h)?QUESTION: What is wind speed (34 mi/h)?

16. ANSWER: A rapid rise in water level in a coastal area that occurs when a hurricane pushes a huge mass of ocean water.ANSWER: A rapid rise in water level in a coastal area that occurs when a hurricane pushes a huge mass of ocean water. QUESTION: What is a storm surge?QUESTION: What is a storm surge?

17. ANSWER: 3 of the 4 dangerous effects of thunderstorms.ANSWER: 3 of the 4 dangerous effects of thunderstorms. QUESTION: What are flash floods, winds, hail, and lightning?QUESTION: What are flash floods, winds, hail, and lightning?

18. ANSWER: The 3 types of winter storms.ANSWER: The 3 types of winter storms. QUESTION: What are blizzards, lake-effect snowstorms, and ice storms?QUESTION: What are blizzards, lake-effect snowstorms, and ice storms?

19. ANSWER: Periods of the year associated with specific weather conditions. QUESTION: What are seasons?

20. ANSWER: An area on the downwind side of a mountain that gets less precipitation than the side that faces the wind. QUESTION: What is a rain shadow?

21. ANSWER: The 4 key geographical factors that affect temperature and precipitation. QUESTION: What are latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water, and ocean currents?

22. ANSWER: 3 of the 4 things that global warming would possibly affect the most. QUESTION: What are sea levels, wildlife, agriculture, and human health?

23. ANSWER: The 6 major climate zones found on Earth today. QUESTION: What are humid tropical, dry, moist mid- latitude with mild winters, moist mid- latitude with severe winters, polar, and highland?

24. ANSWER: The type of front in the diagram. QUESTION: What is a cold front?

25. ANSWER: The process shown in the middle of the diagram. QUESTION: What is convection?

26. ANSWER: The type of cloud in the diagram. QUESTION: What is a cumulus cloud?

27. ANSWER: The feature identified by the arrow. QUESTION: What is the eye?

28. ANSWER: This is what each color on the map represents. QUESTION: What is a sub-climate?

29. ANSWER: The meaning of the Latin word Cirrus. QUESTION: What is curl of hair?

30. ANSWER: The percentage of solar energy that is reflected by clouds and Earth’s atmosphere. QUESTION: What is 25%?

31. ANSWER: The percentage of solar energy that is absorbed by clouds and Earth’s atmosphere. QUESTION: What is 20%?

32. ANSWER: The percentage of solar energy that is reflected by Earth’s surface. QUESTION: What is 5%?