Heat Transfer
Type of heat transfer through waves and rays
Radiation
Does lower or higher pressure air rise?
Lower
What is the first layer of the atmosphere?
Troposphere
Which type of pressure system means cloudy, rainy, or stormy weather: low pressure or high pressure?
Low pressure
Very cold all year round
Polar
Type of heat transfer where warm air/liquid rises and cooler air/liquid falls to create a current.
Convection
Why does Earth heat unevenly?
It is a sphere!
What is the highest layer of the atmosphere?
Exosphere
What tool can be used to measure air pressure: barometer, radar, thermometer, or anemometer?
barometer
Warm/Hot temperatures with a lot of precipitation
Tropical
Type of heat transfer through direct touch
Conduction
How does wind form?
Lower pressure air (warmer) rises and higher pressure air (cooler) falls to replace it. The Coriolis Effect causes the wind to curve.
Name the layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest:
Word bank: mesosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, exosphere
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
What type of front forms when a warm air mass pushes in and meets a cold air mass?
Warm front
4 seasons, warm summers, cold/cool winters.
Temperate
What is it called when cooler air above land moves over the sea to replace the warm air that rose above the sea?
Land breeze?
Arid
Warm summers, very cold winters
Continental