Atmosphere
The layer of the atmosphere we live in.
Celsius.
Ears popping is one sign that the _________ is quickly changing.
air pressure
The type of front most commonly associated with unstable/violent weather.
Cold front.
TRUE OR FALSE: the climate of a place is based on long term averages.
TRUE: climate is the kind of conditions you expect from a certain place.
TRUE OR FALSE: the atmosphere holds in the gases we breathe.
FALSE: it is made of the gases we breathe.
Conduction
The amount of moisture in the air is also referred to as ___________.
Humidity
A large low-pressure cyclonic system that feeds on heat and has disturbance, depression, and storm stages.
Hurricane
One of the main types of climate that describes areas near the equator.
Tropical
This event is thought to have caused Earth's first atmosphere do be destroyed.
Type of heat transfer that occurs when hot air rises toward the celling.
Convection.
Dew Point
The wind speed required to label a snow event as a blizzard.
35 mph
Two things that are used to classify a place's climate.
Average precipitation, average temperatures (could also discuss the main type of vegetation).
The density of air molecules __________ (decreases/increases) as you go higher up in the atmosphere.
Decreases; the highest density and pressure can be found close to Earth's surface.
How heat moves when it is transferred by radiation.
Air moving between areas of different pressure (due to temperature differences) is what generates ________.
Wind
Has cumulus, mature, and dissipating stages.
Thunderstorm
Temperate climates (like ours) have well-defined ___________.
Seasons
The hottest and coldest layers of the atmosphere (in the correct order).
Thermosphere, mesosphere.
The temperature of something is proportional to the amount of __________ energy of its particles.
Kinetic
An air mass that forms over the ocean off the coast of Canada would be classified as _______________.
Maritime Polar (mP)
Difference between sleet and freezing rain.
Sleet refreezes before touching ground, freezing rain freezes on contact with cold surfaces/ground.
Three signs that average global temperatures are getting warmer.
Ice caps melting, sea level rising, shift in climate/growing zones, life forms shifting to new locations, increased severity and frequency of severe weather events, warming ocean temperatures.