Vocabulary
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, pressure, and humidity throughout.
Air Mass
Layer closest to the earth.
Troposphere
Layer where meteors burn up.
Mesosphere
dust
smoke
salt
pollen
exo
outer
A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
Humidity
Layer furthest away from the earth
Layer where you can find weather balloons.
Stratosphere
Oxygen makes up what percent of the dry air?
21%
therm
heat
Forms when water such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the sky reach the Earth's surface.
Precipitation
Layer above the Troposphere
Stratosphere
Layer where all the weather is.
Troposphere
The envelope of gases that surrounds the earth is....
Atmosphere
meso
middle
The area where air masses meet and do not mix.
Front
Layer in the middle
Mesosphere
Layer with unmanned spacecraft
Exosphere
What percent of the atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen?
78%
strato
spread out
A tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher; typically about 600 kilometers across.
Hurricane
Layer above the mesosphere
Thermosphere
Layer with the Ionosphere
Thermosphere
4 compounds in the atmosphere.
Water Vapor
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Sulfur Dioxide
tropo
changing