Layers of Atmosphere
Miscellaneous
Climate Regions
General Weather
Weather Instruments
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The layer closest to Earth's surface (8-18 km).
What is the troposphere?
100
Two main variables that affect weather
What are temperature & rainfall?
100
Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
The energy source that drives the water cycle
What is the sun?
100
Measures the temperature either in Fahrenheit or Celsius
What is a thermometer?
200
This layer sits between the troposphere and mesosphere. This layer as an increase in temperature with less oxygen.
What is the stratosphere?
200
the name of the scientists that studies & tries to predict weather.
What are meteorologists?
200
liquid changing to a gas
What is evaporation
200
Instrument that measures humidity
What is hygrometer
200
This instrument measures the amount of rain fall or precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
300
A blanket of gases that surrounds Earth.
What is Earth's atmosphere?
300
the atmospheric conditions along with short-term changes of a certain place at a certain time
What is weather?
300
This zone or climate region found near the equator, temperatures are high all year. Rainfall is plentiful.
What is the tropical zone/climate?
300
The temperature at which water vapor begins to convert back into liquid form of water.
What is dew point?
300
This weather instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
The hottest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere?
400
the measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules in the air
What is temperature?
400
4 main forms of precipitation
What are rain, snow, sleet, hail?
400
Cold air moves in under a warm air mass. This type of front often brings brief, heavy storms.
What is cold front?
400
This computer-based, high-tech weather instrument, used by meteorologists, measures precipitation patterns and wind strength.
What is Doppler radar?
500
Meteors burn up in this layer of the atmosphere and the temperature is very cold here.
What is the mesophere?
500
the amount of force that a column of air exerts on the surface below it. 
What is air pressure?
500
Alaska & Antartica  are found in this zone/climate that is known for being cold and dark most of the year, with frozen precipitation.
What is the polar zone/climate?
500
Warm air moves in over a cold air mass. This type of front often brings light, steady rain or snow. The precipitation may last for days.
What is warm front?
500
This instrument measures relative humidity or the actual amount of water vapor present in the atmosphere
What is a psychrometer?
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