Atmosphere Layers
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Fronts
Clouds
100
How many layers of atmosphere do we have?
4
100
What measures temperature?
thermometer
100
What does a warm front look like?
has semi circles
100
What kind of weather is found near LOW pressure?
cloudy, chilly
100
What are cotton ball clouds called?
cumulus
200
What is the thermosphere?
hottest layer
200
What measures wind direction?
wind vane
200
What would an air mass be like if it formed over land in Canada? (wet, dry, cold, hot)
dry, cold
200
What kind of weather is found in areas of HIGH pressure?
hot, sunny, clear
200
What are wispy clouds called?
cirrus
300
Name two things about the stratosphere.
ozone, airplanes fly here to avoid weather
300
What measures wind speed?
anemometer
300
If an air mass formed in the Gulf of Mexico, what would it be like? (hot, cold, dry, wet) Why?
hot and wet
300
What kind of weather do stationary fronts produce?
steady rain or clear skies
300
What kind of clouds are thunderstorm clouds?
culumlonimbus
400
What is the mesosphere?
coldest layer
400
What measures humidity?
hygrometer
400
What forms where two air masses meet?
front
400
What kind of weather do cold fronts produce?
cold and short bursts of rain
400
What kind of clouds are seen on warm, sunny days?
cirrus or cumulus
500
Tell me three things about the Troposphere.
air we breathe, we live there, closest to earth, weather happens
500
What measures air pressure?
barometer
500
What is the atmosphere?
protective layer around the Earth
500
What kind of weather and rain do warm fronts produce?
warm weather, steady rain
500
What kind of clouds are often blankets across the sky?
stratus
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