Layers
The layer of the atmosphere in which humans live and where weather occurs
troposphere
Weather
cyclone or typhoon
the boundary between two air masses
front
What do we call it when water transfers into a different form?
Phase change
Meteors burn up in the ________
mesosphere
Thunderstorms form when _________ and ________ rises quickly into an unstable atmosphere
moisture and warm air
A violently rotating column of air
Tornado
two cold fronts sandwhich a warm front and causes really bad thunderstorms
occluded front
What do we call the measurement of moisture in the atmosphere at a specific temperature?
Relative Humidity
The atmosphere is composed of 71% of this element
Nitrogen
_________ pressure systems cause stormy weather and ____________ pressure systems cause sunny weather
Low and High
What is the categorization scale meteorologists use for hurricanes?
Saffir-simpson scale
as we increase in altitude, air pressure...
decreases
What do we call it when no more water can be held at in the atmosphere?
Saturation
Temperature and Density
What are some ways that we can predict the weather?
How can you stay safe during a hurricane?
What do we call an air mass that is formed over the ocean near alaska? What does that tell us about the air mass?
Maritime Polar: Humid and Cold
What happens when warm water in the atmosphere begins to cool down and condense?
Rain!
What is the layer within the stratosphere that protects our skin from ultraviolet radiation?
ozone layer
What type of front causes warm air to rise into the atmosphere?
cold fronts push warm air into the atmosphere
How does tornado alley form strong tornadoes annually?
Continental polar air mass meets Maritime Tropical Air mass
Martime Tropical
Pressure systems.