Blanket of gases surrounding the planet.
Contains both air and water.
Helps maintain our radiation balance
Does not block UV radiation.
Which is not an example of what our atmosphere does?
Does not block UV radiation
100
The only substance that exists as a solid, liquid and gas in Earth's atmosphere
What is water
100
This front has triangles and is usually blue
What is cold front
100
A large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops.
What is an air mass
100
Violent storm that moves over a narrow path on land????
Hurricanes form over????
tornado
tropical oceans
200
CFCs damage the ozone layer by
destroying ozone molecules
200
When moisture condenses out of the air and falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail it is called
What is precipitation
200
This front has half circles and is usually red
What is warm front
200
What is a mP? Where does it develop?
What is maritime polar - moist and cold.
Develops over water/ocean at the top of the map
200
Type of cloud that forms thunderstorms?
What is it called when 2 air masses meet?
Cumulonimbus
A front
300
The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth and is where weather happens
What is the troposphere
300
Cold air is more dense than warm air therefore it has a _________ pressure
What is higher
300
This front has triangles and half circles and they point in different directions.
What is a stationary front
300
What is a cT? Where does it develop?
What is a continental tropical - dry and warm
Develops over land to the south - over Mexico
300
The distinct wind patterns on the Earth's surface are created by ______________ and the Coriolis effect
differences in heating
400
Too much exposure to this can cause skin cancer
What is ultraviolet radiation
400
When air containing moisture is cooled, the temperature at which the water vapor condenses to a liquid is called ____________
What is dew point
400
This front has triangle and half circles and they point in the same direction
What is an occluded front
400
What is a mT? Where does it develop?
What is a maritime Tropical - moist and warm
Develops over water to the south.
400
What is the transfer of energy that occurs due to density differences in air?
Reflection and absorption by the atmosphere prevent some _________ from reaching Earth's surface
Convection
radiation
500
Atmospheric pressure is greatest near the Earth's surface and __________ as altitude increase
What is decreases?
500
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
500
Fronts move in the direction
What is the direction the symbol is pointing
500
What is a cP and where does it form?
What is a continental polar - dry and cold.
over land to the north - Canada
500
A _________ connects points of equal temperature on a weather map.