Weather or not?
What is - The study of weather
Meteorology
The atmosphere can be divided into 2 major regions. The ______ is the layer with several layers of different of gases and the _____ is the layer with well mixed gases.
The heterosphere and the homosphere
A force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air molecules
Air pressure
Large scale storms formed during the warmer month after ocean water reaches 80 deg F.
Hurricane
2 air masses push against each other but are unable to move one way or another
stationary front
Rain, snow, hail, and sleet are all examples of the
weather
The barrier at the upper edge of the mesosphere is called the
mesopause
If you heated up a container of air with gases, would the air pressure increase or decrease?
Increase
The measure of how much water vapor is in the air
Humidity
True or False - Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain
False - Its the tallest mountain above sea level. The tallest mountain is mt. Mauna Kea
Moisture falling from the atmosphere as rain, slee, or snow
Precipitation
In this layer of the atmosphere, satellites can be found
Thermosphere
What type of weather will a low pressure area bring?
Warm, cloudy, and sometimes stormy
Large masses of water that flow along the ocean surface
Surface currents
White puffy clouds with flattened bottoms
Cumulus
_____ is a daily or weekly status of the atmosphere while ____ is the long term or overall physical conditions of a region
Weather , Climate
The name of the are in between the homosphere and the heterosphere
turbopause
Denser air, more molecules in a given volume, and thus ___ pressure
More
Regular and predictable ocean water movements as a result of the gravitational pull from the moon
tides
A major influence on year to year climate due to the changing of the tropical east pacific ocean temperatures at regular intervals of 2-7 years.
El Nino southern oscillation (ENSO)
Meteorologists measure 5 properties of air in order to predict the weather. What are they?
Temperature, pressure, humidity, wind direction, and wind speed
Name The three sublayers of atmospheres within the homosphere
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere
When a low pressure air mass pushes against a high pressure air mass its called a
Cold front
The greenhouse effect is primarily controlled by ___ ____
Water vapor
During ____ season, warmer waters on the eastern pacific bring heavy rains in flooding on those areas
el nino