Layers
Storms
Misc.
Air masses and fronts
Clouds and wind
100
Ozone is concentrated in the layer of the atmosphere known as:
What is the stratosphere
100
A severe weather _______ is issued when conditions are favorable for severe weather to occur
What is a watch
100
Why are urban areas hotter than outlying areas
What is less greenery and more structures
100
There is a standoff and the surface position of the front does not move
What is a stationary front
100
What causes orographic lifting?
What are mountains or barriers
200
Layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn up
What is the mesosphere
200
Hurricanes usually lose energy when:
What is they move over land or cooler water
200
Provide 2 examples of greenhouse gases
What is carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor
200
Weather associated with a cold front includes
What is heavy precipitation
200
Wind forms when areas of _____ pressure moves to areas of ____ pressure
What is high and low
300
What the ozone layer protects us from
What is the suns radiation
300
Centers of low pressure are called
What are cyclones
300
Provide an example of a secondary pollutant
What is smog or acid rain
300
A cT air mass is
What is dry and warm
300
Causes wind to blow
What is air temperature and pressure
400
The most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
What is nitrogen
400
Responsible for 90% of deaths during a hurricane
What is storm surge
400
The scale used to measure Tornados is called
What is the Fujita scale
400
Weather associated with an anticyclone includes:
What is clear skies
400
Weather moves from _____ to _____ across the United State
What is west to east
500
Why is air thinner at the top of a mountain.
What is there are fewer air molecules in the atmosphere at higher elevations
500
When trade winds slow down allowing the eastern Pacific ocean to warm up
What is el nino
500
What is light ran for a long period of time
500
Two properties that characterize an air mass?
What is temperature and moisture
500
Clouds form when
What is warm air condenses or reaches its dew point