Atmosphere and Weather (Matching Game)
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Each time you play will be a different set of cards.
Topics of this game:
- blow E to W and produce freezing weather
- blow W to E and produce rain and snow
- blow E to W and produce little rain and clouds
- Found in the upper atmosphere and produce storms
- where weather exists
- Has ozone layer to protect against ultraviolet radiation
- Destroys meteors
- Absorbs X-rays and gamma rays
- Where gas molecules can escape
- living things
- liquid water
- frozen water
- dirt, rocks, crust, mantle, core
- air or gases
- the short term conditions of the atmosphere
- the average temperature and precipitation of an area
- how hard air is pressing down on Earth's surface
- the amount of water vapor in the air
- air moving from high pressure to low pressure
- warm air overtakes cold air; brings steady rain or snow
- cold air overtakes warm air; brings storms and heavy showers
- fast cold front catches a slow warm front; brings precipitation
- 2 weak air masses meet bringing light rain
- brings clear skies and fair weather
- brings rain and cloudy skies
- sun heats water and turns it into water vapor
- water vapor cools and condenses back into a cloud
- rain, snow, sleet, or hail falling from the sky
- precipitation that flows across land
- rain water that gathers in a new place
- rainwater that soaks into the ground
- warm and rainy all year long
- warm and rainy summer; cold and snowy winter
- cold all year long; some snow
