Layers of the Atmosphere
Weather Tools
Weather
Fronts
Misc
100
The first layer of the atmosphere. As your altitude increases, the temperature decreases.
What is the Troposphere?
100
It is used to measure air pressure?
What is a Barometer
100
A meteorologist studies:
a) How the ocean effects the sky.
b) The weather
c) How trees are effected by the weather.
b) The weather and how the conditions impact us
100
A cold front is moving in. What type of weather should be expected?
a) Sun Showers
b) Hot, dry weather
c) Thunderstorms
c) Thunderstorms
100
As the altitude increases the air pressure......
decreases
200
The second layer of the atmosphere. As your altitude increases, the temperature increases.
What is the Stratosphere?
200
It is used to measure wind direction?
What is a Wind Vane
200
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather describes the conditions of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.
Climate describes the weather conditions of a place over an extended period of time.
200
A cold air mass is moving west towards a warm air mass. Would this situation describe a cold front or a warm fron
Cold Front
200
What do isobars show us?
Areas that have the same air pressure.
300
It is the layer in the Stratosphere that protects us from harmful UV rays.
What is the Ozone Layer?
300
It is used to measure the speed of wind.
What is an Anemometer?
300
What do weather maps teach us about weather?
Show us how weather in our area is impacted.
300
What is the purpose of our atmosphere. Three answers.
1. protect us from meteors
2. Protect us from harmful solar radiation
3. regulate our temperatures.
300
What type of front is this
cold front
400
The third layer of the atmosphere. As your altitude increases, the temperature decreases.
What is the Mesosphere?
400
It is used to measure the amount of precipitation that has fallen in an area.
What is a rain gauge?
400
Name the 4 conditions that meteorologists study to predict the weather
Temperature, humidity, wind, air pressure
400
How would a meteorologist show a warm front on the map?
red semi-circles on a line
400
What type of front is this
Warm front
500
The fourth layer of the atmosphere. As your altitude increases, the temperature increases.
What is the Thermosphere?
500
It is used to measure the temperature.
What is a thermometer?
500
Air moves from an area of ____ pressure to an area of ______ pressure.
high, low
500
How would a meteorologist show a cold front on a weather map?
Blue triangles on a line
500
What are the main two elements found in the atmosphere and the percentage.
Nitrogen- 78%
Oxygen- 21%