Layers of the Atmosphere
Atmospheric Conditions
Weather Forecasting
Extreme Weather
Miscellaneous
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This is the number of layers that make up Earth's atmosphere.
What is 5?
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This is the force exerted by the atmosphere at a given location.
What is atmospheric/air pressure?
100
This is the scientific name for a weatherman or a person who studies the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
100
This is the most common type of storm that involves heavy rain & lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
100
These types of clouds form gray layered sheets that often cover the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
200
The layer of the atmosphere that is the closest to outer space.
What is the exosphere?
200
This term refers to the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is (relative) humidity?
200
This instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure. http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-37697109791737/ambient-weather-barometer-26-m-6-brass-barometer-metric-7.gif
What is a barometer?
200
This destructive type of precipitation is formed from spherical layers of ice crystals.
What is hail?
200
These types of clouds are thin, wispy, & found at high altitudes.
What are cirrus clouds?
300
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs & pollution is found.
What is the troposphere?
300
This location has the greatest air pressure: high or low altitudes.
What are low altitudes?
300
This instrument is used to measure wind speed. http://weatherwizkids.pbworks.com/f/1244681416/Anemometer_2_(PSF).png
What is an anemometer?
300
This is a severe snowstorm with strong winds & near zero visibility.
What is a blizzard?
300
Humans have caused changes to the atmosphere by releasing harmful substances into the air known as this.
What is (air) pollution/pollutants or greenhouse gases?
400
This part of the stratosphere absorbs the most radiant energy or UV light.
What is the ozone layer?
400
This is the measure of average weather patterns & atmospheric conditions in a given region over a long period of time.
What is climate?
400
This instrument is used to measure humidity. http://www.hometrainingtools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/A/S/AS-PSYCHR.jpg
What is a psychrometer?
400
This is a long period of little to no precipitation, which often causes plants to die.
What is a drought?
400
Early Earth's atmosphere did NOT contain this gas until the evolution of plants.
What is oxygen?
500
This is the most common gas found in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
500
These two things/conditions affect air pressure.
What are gravity & air density?
500
This symbol can be used on a weather map to indicate this weather condition. http://emilyhuerena.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/2/8/59282365/5200501_orig.jpg
What is a stationary front?
500
This is a large, rotating storm that forms over warm waters near the equator.
What is a hurricane?
500
This forms when a warm, moist air mass gradually slides up & over a cold air mass, usually resulting in a wide cloud that brings light rain followed by warm, clear weather.
What is a warm front?
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