Atmosphere
Cloud Types
Atmosphere Layers
Weather Tools
Miscellaneous
100
Condition of the Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place
What is weather
100
Form in flat layers. Usually indicate rain.
What is stratus clouds
100
the weather layer of the atmosphere and also where commercial planes fly
What is troposphere
100
measures how much precipitation that was received
What is rain gauge
100
is the distance above sea level, the average level of the surface of the oceans.
What is altitude
200
In what layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
What is troposphere
200
Look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton. Usually indicate fair weather. Cumulonimbus are called thunderheads and usually indicate thunderstorms.
What is cumulus
200
-the middle layer of the atmosphere -where meteoroids burn up -where the temperature starts to decrease again
What is mesosphere
200
measures air pressure
What is barometer
200
What would happen to the air pressure as altitude INCREASES (we go farther up, such as standing on the top of a mountain)?
What is air pressure would decrease
300
what happens to the air pressure as you go up in the atmosphere?
What is the air gets thinner and there is less pressure
300
Look wispy or feathery. Form up high, so made of ice crystals.
What is cirrus
300
80km above Earth’s surface outward into space. There is no definite outer limit. The prefix of this atmosphere layer means "heat"
What is thermosphere
300
two types of barometers?
What is aneroid and mercury
300
protective layer that blocks a lot of the UV rays produced from the sun from reaching Earth.
What is ozone layer
400
What percent of Nitrogen is found in our atmosphere?
What is 78%
400
When cirrus clouds completely cover the sky they are called what? They usually indicate a storm is coming.
What is cirrocumulus
400
-the top of the troposphere until about 50 kilometers above Earth’s surface. -where the ozone layer is located
What is stratosphere
400
measures wind speed
What is anemometer
400
What happened to the amount of ozone in the ozone layer? Why did it decrease?
What is Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used in refrigerators, air conditioners, fire extinguishers, and aerosol spray cans. They react with ozone molecules and were causing a hole in the ozone layer.
500
People, and all other organisms, must have ____________ in order to grow and repair body cells.
What is Nitrogen
500
This type of cloud is anvil shaped and indicates a thunderstorm. Tornados originate from these clouds.
What is cumulonimbus
500
-Energy from the sun causes gas molecules to become electrically charges particles called ions. -This is where radio waves bounce back to earth -The light display known as the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) occur here. Particles from the sun strike nitrogen atoms and cause them to glow.
What is ionosphere
500
measures the direction of the wind
What is wind vane.
500
What are the 3 methods of heat transfer
What is convection, conduction, and radiation
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