Vocab
This is the measurement of how hard the atmosphere is pressing on a surface.
What is Air Pressure?
This is the lowest layer of the Atmosphere, where all life on earth lives, and where weather generally occurs.
What is the Troposphere?
This is the term that refers to the amount of water stored in the air. The capacity depends on the temperature of the air.
What is Humidity?
This is the unit scientists use to describe air pressure
What is a Bar (or Millibar)?
This word describes to places that have the same air pressure
What is Isobaric?
This is the second Lowest Layer of the Atmosphere, Where the Ozone Layer (a protective layer of air more dense in O3 than otherwhere, which absorbs much harmful radiation from the Earth) is present. Temperatures on average increase on this layer
What is the Stratosphere?
These are the two metrics scientists use to classify types of clouds
What are altitudes and shapes?
A vacuum (a contained region with no air or any other material in it) is able to pull against its surroundings this hard.
What is not at all?
What is water?
This is the Third Highest Layer of the Atmosphere. Meteors burn up on this layer, and temperature tends to decrease with altitude on this layer
What is the Mesosphere?
This is the layer of the atmosphere where clouds typically form and stay within.
What is the Troposphere?
As you travel lower in the atmosphere, the air pressure tends to do this.
What is increases?
This is the function of a Barometer.
What is measuring air pressure?
This is the highest layer of the atmosphere. Aurora Phenomenon occur at this layer. Temperature increases with altitude in this layer.
What is the Thermosphere?
When an air mass continuously feels a force pushing it up the troposphere it is considered this.
What is Unstable?
When you heat up air, this tends to happen to the pressure of that air.
What is increase?
This is a phenomenon where warmer air is trapped in a layer with cold air below and above it, inverting the traditional pattern of temperature in the Troposphere.
What is Temperature Inversion?
This is what causes the temperature of the Thermosphere to increase with altitude.
What is Solar Radiation?
As air raises and cools, and water is no longer able to be stored in the air, water escapes the air and latches onto these to eventually form clouds.
What are condensation Nuclei?
When you move air rapidly, this tends to happen to the pressure of that air
What is decrease?