Earth's Atmosphere
What is the outermost level of the atmosphere
What is the Exosphere
It is very sunny today. Does this describe weather or climate?
Weather
What is a cold front?
A dense mass of cold air wedges under a warmer air mass, pushing the warm air up.
What does a thermometer measure?
What is air temperature.
What is the Earth's atmosphere mostly made of?
What is nitrogen.
What is weather?
Temporary event that lasts a few hours or days.
What is a warm front?
Warm air slides slowly up and over a colder air mass.
What does a barometer measure?
Atmospheric pressure
Which layer of the atmosphere does weather mostly occur at?
What is the Troposphere.
What is climate?
Long term pattern of weather.
Which air, warm or cold, rises up above the other?
What is warm.
What does an anemometer measure?
Wind speed.
The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere is called what?
The Tropopause.
Virginia is very humid. Is this an example of climate or weather?
Climate.
What weather do stationary fronts bring?
What are long periods of light drizzling and clouds.
What is a rain gauge?
An instrument that measures rainfall.
Which atmospheric level is the ozone layer in?
The Stratosphere.
list 2 examples of weather and climate each.
The answers should be short and long term examples.
What color is the weather symbol for occluded fronts?
What is purple.
What does a hygrometer do?
Measure humidity