🌫️Sky High Layers
This is the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
This is the force exerted by air molecules pressing down on Earth.
What is air pressure?
This is the process where liquid water turns into vapor.
What is evaporation?
This is a rotating column of air that touches the ground.
What is a tornado?
This is the study of space and celestial objects.
What is astronomy?
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This atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer that protects Earth from UV radiation.
What is the stratosphere?
Air pressure generally does this as altitude increases.
What is decrease?
This is when water vapor cools and forms clouds.
What is condensation?
This is a large storm system that forms over warm ocean water.
What is a hurricane?
This is the galaxy that contains our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
This is the coldest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
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This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This is any form of water falling from clouds.
What is precipitation?
This type of cloud is tall and associated with storms.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
This is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
This layer is where the auroras occur.
What is the thermosphere?
This gas is necessary for humans to breathe.
What is oxygen?
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This instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
This front forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
The Aurora Borealis appears in this hemisphere
Northern
This is the outermost layer that gradually fades into space.
What is the exosphere?
This gas helps trap heat and keeps Earth warm.
What is carbon dioxide?
This instrument measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This front forms when a warm air mass slides over a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
This is the name of the system that includes the Sun and all objects orbiting it.
What is the solar system?