Air Pressure
What type of weather does a high air pressure bring?
Nice, Good weather.
What weather does a cold front bring?
Stormy, or bad weather.
What is the first layer of the atmosphere?
The troposphere
The most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere
Nitrogen
How many kinds of heat transfer are there?
3
What type of weather does low pressure bring?
Bad or lousy weather.
What type of weather does a warm front
Nice, calmer weather.
What layer protects us from UV radiation?
The Stratosphere
As you start to climb up a mountain you notice that it is getting much colder. What is happening to the atmosphere’s density.
It is decreasing
When a pot is touching a stove that is on, what heat transfer is happening?
Conduction
___ pressure tends to ___ pressure
High, Low
What is a stationary front?
When a cold and hot air staying in the same place making storms for days across the meeting boundaries.
What particle in the second layer is dangerous to humans when put in the troposphere?
Ozone
Global winds are winds that occur at distinct_________________.
Latitudes
What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?
Radiation
Why does wind exist?
High pressure flows to low pressure creating wind.
What's an occluded front?
When a warm front is taking over a cold air mass but a faster cold front takes it over from behind. Making a cold air mass below and a warm air mass above.
What layer do planes fly in?
The Stratosphere
_______________ are narrow zones between two air masses where clouds and precipitation often occur.
Fronts
What is the original source of most of the energy that people use?
By radiation from the sun.
What type of air pressure is less dense?
High air pressure
It's been raining for several days. What front could have passed through?
A stationary front.
What is the third most common gas in the atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide.
What would happen to the air pressure on Earth’s surface if the density of the Earth’s atmosphere were to suddenly double?
Air pressure would double
If you cannot open a jar, why will placing the metal lid under hot water help to loosen the lid?
It expands when it's heated