EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
AIR AND WEATHER
WEATHER PREDICTION
A BIT OF EVERYTHING
100
THIS CHANGES AS YOU GO HIGHER AND HIGHER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
What is AIR PRESSURE?
100
THE WARMING CAUSED BY WHEN AIR TRAPS SOME OF THE SUN'S ENERGY
What is THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT?
100
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE AIR PRESSURE
What is A BAROMETER?
100
THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR
What is HUMIDITY?
200
THIS IS HOW THE ATMOSPHERE WAS FORMED
What is GASES FROM ERUPTING VOLCANOES COLLECTED AROUND THE PLANET. OVER TIME THE GAS MIXTURE CHANGED SLOWLY TO FORM THE ATMOSPHERE?
200
THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR AND TEMPERATURE ARE USED TO DESCRIBE THIS
What is AIR MASS??
200
THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR
What is HUMUDITY??
200
THE LAYER WHERE WEATHER OCCURS
What is THE TROPOSPHERE?
300
THE LAYER THAT CONTAINS MOST OF THE ATMOSPHERE'S OZONE.
What is THE STRATOSPHERE?
300
A LARGE BODY OF AIR THAT HAS TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE AREA OVER WHICH IT IS FORMED?
What is AIR MASS?
300
USED TO MEASURE HUMIDITY
What is A HYGROMETER?
300
THE SHELL OF AIR THAT SURROUNDS THE EARTH
What is THE ATMOSPHERE?
400
PROTECTS LIVING THINGS FROM THE SUN'S HARMFUL RAYS
What is THE OZONE ??
400
THE AREA WHERE 2 AIR MASSES MEET AND WHERE WEATHER HAPPENS
What is A FRONT?
400
A PERSON WHO STUDIES THE WEATHER
What is A METEOROLOGIST?
400
A FRONT THAT FORMS WHEN 2 AIR MASSES MEET AND DON'T MOVE
What is A STATIONARY FRONT?
500
LAYERS IN ORDER
What is THE TROPOSPHERE, STARTOSPHERE. MESOSPHERE, THERMOSPHERE?
500
THIS KIND OF FRONT HAPPENS WHEN A WARM AIR MASS CATCHES UP TO A COLD AIR MASS.
What is A WARM FRONT?
500
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE
What is A THERMOMETER?
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