EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
WEATHER
WIND
AIR PRESSURE
MIX-CATEGORY
100
IT IS CONSISTS OF ALL THE AIR AROUND YOU AND ABOVE YOU
What is THE ATMOSPHERE?
100
THE PUSH OR FORCE OF WIND AGAINST AN OBJECT
What is WIND SPEED?
100
THIS TYPE OF AIR RAISES INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AS COOLER AIR SINKS DOWN FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO REPLACE IT.
What is WHAT IS WARM AIR?
100
AIR HAS MASS. BECAUSE IT HAS MASS, IT HAS WEIGHT. IT IS CALLED THE WEIGHT OF AIR PRESSING ON EVERYTHING AROUND IT.
What is AIR PRESSURE?
100
WHEN WATER COLLECTS UNDERGROUND THIS TYPE OF UNDERGROUND RIVER IS FORMED
What is AN AQUIFER?
200
EXOSPHERE, THERMOSPHERE, MESOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, TROPOSPHERE.
WHAT ARE THE FIVE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE?
200
THIS IS THE CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN A CERTAIN PLACE AT A CERTAIN TIME. IT CAN CHANGE FROM DAY TO DAY, HOUR TO HOUR, OR EVEN MINUTE TO MINUTE.
What is WEATHER?
200
THIS TYPE OF AIR REPLACES COLDER AIR IN THE ATMOSPHERE THUS, RESULTING IN LOW PRESSURE IN AN AREA
What is WARM AIR?
200
THIS INSTRUMENT IS USED TO MEASURE AIR PRESSURE
What is A BAROMETER?
200
THIS PART OF THE WATER CYCLE IS CAUSED BY TINY WATER DROPLETS OF WATER CLUMPING TOGETHER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
What is CONDENSATION OR CLOUDS?
300
THIS INCREASES WITH ELEVATION AS YOU MOVE UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. (It has an affect on temperature)
WHAT IS ALTITUDE?
300
WHEN THE LAND AND WATER ON EARTH'S SURFACE ABSORBS HEAT ENERGY FROM THE SUN
What is TEMPERATURE?
300
THIS INSTRUMENT IS USED TO MEASURE THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND
What is WHAT IS A WIND VANE?
300
IT IS THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPORS IN THE AIR THAT MAKES THE AIR FEELS DAMP AND WET
What is HUMIDITY?
300
WARM MOIST AIR OVER THE ATLANTIC MEETING WITH COOL DRY AIR FROM ATLANTA
What is PRECIPITATION OR WEATHER SYSTEMS?
400
AS ALTITUDE INCREASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE THIS TYPE OF PRESSURE DECREASES.
What is AIR PRESSURE?
400
THIS IS CALLED THE MOVEMENT OF AIR. IT IS CAUSED BY EARTH'S SURFACE BEING HEATED UNEVENLY BY THE SUN
What is WIND?
400
THIS INSTRUMENT IS USED TO MEASURE THE SPEED OF THE WIND
What is AN ANEMOMETER.
400
WHEN WATER DROPLETS GET TOO LARGE AND HEAVY, THEY FALL TO EARTH'S SURFACE AS SNOW, HAIL, SLEET OR RAIN
What is PRECIPITATION?
400
SNOWY MOUNTAIN TOPS AND RAINY VALLYS (DEPTH OR HEIGHT)
What is HIGH AND LOW ALTITUDE?
500
IN THIS LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE, MANY SATELLITES ORBIT HERE
What is THE EXOSPHERE?
500
IN THIS LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE, ALL OUR WETHER SYSTEMS THEREIN.
What is THE TROPOSPHERE?
500
IN THIS LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE, JETS CRUISES NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THIS LAYER
What is THE STRATOSPHERE?
500
METEORS, OR SHOOTING STARS BURN UP HERE.
What is THE MESOSPHERE?
500
SHIMMERING CURTAINS OF LIGHT CALLED THE ARORAS HAPPEN HERE
What is THE THERMOSPHERE?
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