Layers of the Atmosphere- Define
What do I measure?
Changing States!
Processes
What type of cloud am I?
100
stratosphere
What is the thin, dry second layer?
100

thermometer

 measures temperature

100

liquid water changing to a gas

What is evaporation?

100

I help produce thunderstorms

lifting of unstable air

100
white puffy clouds
What is cumulus?
200
exosphere
What is outermost layer of the atmosphere?
200

barometer

measures air pressure

200
release of water by plants
What is transpiration?
200

A front is produced when this happens

two air masses collide

200
thin feathery clouds made of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
300
mesosphere
What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere where meteroids burn up?
300

wind vane

 measures wind direction

300
water vapor changing to a liquid
What is condensation?
300

warm air rises causing preciptation

What is a warm front?

300
storm cloud
What is nimbus?
400
thermosphere
What is the hot layer where the International Space Station orbits?
400

What must happen for precipitation to form?

cloud droplets must form at least one million times in volume

400
rain, snow, sleet and hail
What are forms of precipitation?
400

Precipitation forming in cold clouds is called

Bergeron process

400
cloud in contact with the ground
What is fog?
500
troposphere
What is layer closest to Earth where weather occurs?
500

Air pressure is the pressure exerted by what?

the weight of air above a certain point

500
produces radiant energy that reaches Earth
What is the Sun?
500

List the 3 types of high clouds

Cirrus, Cirrostratus, cirrocumulus

500
sheets of clouds that cover the sky
What is stratus?
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