The Atmosphere
This gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
Earth is rotated ___ degrees on it's polar axis
What is 23.5 degrees
1.15 mph equals
What is 1 knot?
The process of converting water vapor to liquid
What is condensation?
A approaching ___ ____ will change weather suddenly
What is an air mass?
3.5 degrees per 1,000 feet.
What is lapse rate?
The longest day of the year(June 21 or 22)
What is the Summer Solstice?
Airplanes take off with the wind T/F
False
The point where the air cannot hold more water vapor
What is the dew point?
When cold air pushes hot air down, it is a ________
What is a Cold Front?
This starts 50 miles above Earth
What is Space?
Winds are caused by
The uneven heating of the earth
A barometer measures what?
What is pressure?
The amount of water vapor compared to the air's capacity
What is relative humidity?
An area of extremely low pressure air, spinning over land
What is a tornado?
The farthest atmosphere layer from Earth
What is the Ionoshere?
A powerful, transcontinental wind at 30,000 feet
What is the jet stream?
Heat transfer by vertical motion
What is convection?
These clouds cause lighting storms
What is a Cumulonimbus Cloud?
A hurricane with up to 110 mph winds
What is Category 2?
This plane is famous for flying in the stratosphere
What is the Lockheed U-2 ?
The deflection of a freely-moving object to the right in the Northern Hemisphere
What is the Coriolis Effect?
A sudden burst of sinking air
What is a mircoburst?
These clouds look like flying saucers
What are lenticular clouds?
At any given time, around _____ lighting bolts are striking the earth
What is 100 lighting bolts?