Layers of the Atmosphere
Pressure Systems and Fronts
Air Masses
Predictions and Instruments
Winds
100
Draw a simple diagram of the Water Cycle!
100
What does this represent? What kind of weather does it bring?
Low Pressure - bad/stormy weather
100
Where do continental air masses form?
Land
100
What does a thermometer measure?
Temperature
100
Name the three Global Wind Belts.
Trade Winds, Westerlies, Polar Easterlies
200
Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere
200
What does this represent? What kind of weather does it bring?
High Pressure - clear skies and good weather
200
Where do Maritime air masses form?
Water/Ocean
200
What does this weather instrument measure?
Anemometers measure wind speed.
200
What is low pressure area in between the trade winds called?
Doldrums
300
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the Ozone layer?
Stratosphere
300
Name each type of front based on their symbols.
1. Cold Front
2. Warm Front
3. Occluded Front
4. Stationary Front
300
Air Masses are characterized by what two things?
Temperature and Humidity
300
If there is a low pressure system forming in the gulf of Mexico, we can predict that it will bring what type of weather?
Storms, High Winds
300
How did the trade winds get their name?
Trade Ships
400
What does air pressure do as you travel higher into the atmosphere?
Decreases
400
What kind of weather do occluded fronts bring?
Precipitation and Storm Clouds
400
Name Air mass #1.
Maritime Tropical or mT
400
High Pressure systems do what to the air around them?
Push it away
400
Name the three types of convection cells that surround the Earth.
Hadley, Ferrel, Polar
500
Name the layers of the atmosphere in order!
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere (Ionosphere), Exosphere
500
Define Front.
The place where two air masses meet.
500
Name Air Mass #2
Continental Polar or cP
500
The three main items that meteorologists use to collect weather data are...
1. Weather Stations
2. Satellites
3. Radar
500
Draw a diagram showing all of the global wind belts and the directions that they blow!
