ATMOSPHERE
This layer of the atmosphere is where all weather occurs.
Troposphere
This causes weather systems to form on Earth.
Sunlight heating the Earth's atmosphere and surface unevenly
These two types of air currents meet to form a tornado.
Hot, fast, upward-moving air and cold, downward-moving air
A falling barometer indicates this
Storm approaching / air pressure dropping
A red sky at sunrise signals this.
Bad weather approaching
This gas is known as the greenhouse gas because it traps heat.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
Clouds are classified by these two things.
Appearance (shape) and height in the atmosphere
This scale rates tornado intensity, and this scientist created it in 1971.
Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale, created by Dr. Tetsuya Fujita
What is The Doppler Effect?
Change in frequency of a wave as its source moves toward or away from an observer
This letter on a weather map indicates stormy weather is likely.
L (Low pressure)
Name all four layers of the atmosphere from bottom to top.
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere
These are the three ingredients needed to form a cloud.
Water vapor, rising air, and dust particles
This is the difference between a tropical cyclone and a hurricane
Location — hurricanes are in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic
Closely spaced isobars on a weather map indicate this.
Strong winds / a sharp change in pressure over a short distance
Name any five types of clouds.
Cirrus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, nimbostratus, altostratus, altocumulus, cirrostratus, stratocumulus, cirrocumulus
This is the most important factor in determining an area's climate.
Latitude
This is the difference between fog and smog.
Fog is a cloud at ground level; smog is caused by air pollution
This is what conditions are like inside the eye of a hurricane.
Calm winds, clear skies, and very low pressur
A weather front is this — name both main types.
Boundary where two air masses meet — warm front and cold front
On Doppler Radar, precipitation rotating with some moving toward the station and some moving away indicates this — and a meteorologist would do this next.
Mesocyclone — she would issue a tornado warning for the storm's path
These two factors influence Earth's overall climate.
Energy from the sun, and ocean/atmosphere currents that circulate heat
These are convection currents, and this is what they do in the atmosphere.
Cycles of warm air rising, cooling, and sinking — they circulate heat and drive weather
This is why you should never shelter under a highway overpass during a tornado.
The overpass acts like a wind tunnel, accelerating the winds and increasing danger
This is how Doppler Radar detects a possible tornado before it touches down.
It detects rotating precipitation — some moving toward the station, some away — indicating a mesocyclone
Buys Ballot's Law: stand with your back to the wind — the storm is in this direction.
What is to your left