Powerwords
Water sinking below the ground and moves towards the ocean
Groundwater
What is the water cycle driven by?
Energy from the sun
Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to the earth?
Troposphere
What is the color with the longest wavelength?
Red
What is wind caused by?
Uneven heating of the earths surface
Atmosphere nearest earths surface and where weather occurs.
Troposphere
What step of the water cycle does water return to earth?
Precipitation
Which layer would you find the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
What is the condition of earths atmosphere at a particular time and place?
Weather
What kind of weather does low pressure systems bring?
Rain or other forms of precipitation
Occurs during the night, cool air moves from land to sea
Land Breeze
What does condensation form?
Clouds
As altitude increases, what happens to air pressure?
It decreases
What is the second most common gas in earths atmosphere?
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move. The result is a _______________ front.
Stationary Front
Boundaires between air masses which do not mix
What is water moving from a high to low area called?
Water shed
Which layer protects us from meteroids?
Mesosphere
What are electromagnetic waves classified according to?
Wavelength
What does earths rotation cause the wind to do?
Curve, not follow a straight path
Blow east to west between 60 North and South latitude and to the poles
Easterlies
Condensation occurs because of what? Or, what causes condensation
Warm air carrying water vapor up, becoming colder and cold air cannot hold water vapor so it becomes a cloud
Which gas makes up most of earths atmosphere?
Nitrogen
How would earth be different with no atmosphere
No drinkable water, no weather, no protection from the sun, no temperature regulation
Which type of front can bring thunderstorms?
Cold Fronts