In this layer, some big airplanes can fly through here. It is too high to have any weather.
What is the stratosphere.
100
These are tall clouds that can cause lightning, thunder, and tornadoes.
What are cumulonimbus clouds.
100
Weather is...
What is happening in the atmosphere around you at a certain place.
100
Temperature is...
How hot or cold something is.
200
The atmosphere helps keep Earth warm by....
trapping in heat from the sun
200
In this layer, all of the weather happens.
What is the troposphere.
200
These are low-lying, gray clouds that cover the sky and can be the result of fog lifting in the morning.
What are stratus clouds.
200
3 parts of weather are...
What are temperature, precipitation, and wind.
200
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer.
300
The atmosphere is made up of...
air - water vapor, dust
300
This is the middle layer. It is too high for planes, but too low for any spacecraft to fly through.
What is the mesosphere.
300
These are high-level clouds that are thin and wispy, and they mean we will have good weather.
What are cirrus clouds.
300
There would be no weather without the ____.
Sun
300
The units on a thermometer we use to measure temperature.
What is degrees celsius.
400
The atmosphere has ___ layers.
5
400
This material is found in the stratosphere, and it absorbs harmful rays from the sun to protect us. There are holes in it right now from too much pollution.
What is ozone.
400
These are dark gray clouds that cover the whole sky, and produce falling rain or snow.
What are nimbostratus clouds.
400
All weather happens in the _____________.
Troposphere
400
This is a tool used to measure the wind direction.
What is a wind vane.
500
This term is used to describe how air presses on things and carries weight. It changes depending on how high or low in the atmosphere you are.
What is air pressure
500
This layer is higher up, and can be very hot. When the sun hits this layer, it creates different colors in the sky, known as the Northern Lights.
What is the thermosphere
500
These are fair weather clouds that look like floating cotton, and have flat bottoms.