Atmosphere
99% of our atmosphere consists of these two elements.
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
What are the dark cumulus clouds called?
What is cumulonimbus?
A large body of air with relatively uniform pressure.
What is air mass?
A cold front is associated with this type of weather.
What is thunderstorms?
The movement of air is ___________.
What is wind?
What is the troposphere?
Feathery, wisp-like clouds high in the troposphere that are made of ice crystals.
What are cirrus clouds?
Cool or cold air is typically associated with __________ pressure.
What is high pressure?
____________ refers to conditions on earth at a particular time. ___________ refers to steady conditions day after day in a particular region.
What are weather and climate?
The layer of the atmosphere which is characterized by a steady drop in temperature as altitude increases.
What is the troposphere?
A type of cloud that forms a blanket in the sky and blocks the sun.
What is stratus?
What type of air mass typically expands and rises?
What is warm?
A type of front that involves 3 different air masses.
What is an occluded front?
Energy from the sun is referred to as ____________, which is short for incoming solar radiation.
What is insolation?
Meteorites typically burn up in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
The substance in the troposphere upon which water vapor condenses and forms clouds.
What is cloud condensation nuclei?
Three basic types of air masses.
What arctic, polar and tropical?
A type of front that produces gentle rain showers.
What is a warm front?
The way in which the rotation of the earth bends the path of winds, sea currents, and objects that fly through different latitudes.
What is the Coriolis effect?
When the suffix "pause" is added to the end of a word it signifies a ______________.
What is a boundary?
A change in air temperature due to latitude and the Coriolis effect cause these on Earth.
What is global wind patterns?