clouds
pretty, fluffy clouds with a flat base that sometimes look like cotton;
associated with fair/good weather
Cumulus
precipitation in a liquid form
rain
dry and cold
Continental polar
a scientific instrument that is used to measure air pressure in a certain environment.
Barometer
a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation.
Ozone Layer
tall, dark clouds that form from water vapor carried by powerful upward
air currents; associated with thunderstorms
Cumulonimbus
precipitation most common during december a soft solid
Snow
wet and cold
Maritime polar
device that is used to measure wind speed
Anemometer
the first and lowest layer of the atmosphere of the Earth, and contains 75% of the total mass of the planetary atmosphere,
Troposphere
short, detached, hair-like clouds found at high altitudes and are composed
entirely of ice crystals
Cirrus
a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow.
sleet
Warm/hot and dry air mass
Continental tropical
device that shows the direction of wind
Wind vane
the lowest layer of the atmosphere
Stratosphere
low-level clouds; fog is a form of stratus cloud; often will see a light drizzle of
rain or snow with these clouds
Stratus
pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
hail
almost all the water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is
found in this layer
Troposphere
measures the temperature of the area
Thermometer
the third layer of the atmosphere
Mesosphere
small, ragged cloud fragments that are usually found under an ambient cloud base. They form or have broken off from a larger cloud, and are generally sheared by strong winds
Fractus
a light liquid precipitation consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain
drizzle
the outermost layer of the atmosphere
Air pressure is the least in this area because as altitude increases molecules
spread further apart causing less pressure.
Exosphere
a device that measures the inches of rain in a area
Rain Gauge
the layer in the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere .th
Thermosphere