This is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
100
As you go up through the atmosphere, altitude increases and air pressure does this.
What is decreases?
100
These are the first four layers of the atmosphere, from Earth's surface up.
What are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere?
100
Moving air caused by differing pressures
What is wind?
100
These are large, spiraling storms with winds above 74 miles per hour.
What are hurricanes?
200
This is the transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by direct contact.
What is conduction?
200
As density increases (due to cooling), air pressure does this
What is increases?
200
This is the name of the layer where Earth's weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
200
The curving motion of winds caused by the Earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
200
These are rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped clouds that touch Earth's surface.
What are tornadoes?
300
This is the tranfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas.
What is convection?
300
High humidity causes air pressure to do this.
What is decrease?
300
This is the hottest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere?
300
Winds move from areas of (low to high) (or high to low) pressure
What is high to low?
300
These are the three main types of fronts.
What are cold fronts, warm fronts and stationary fronts?
400
Burning your foot on hot pavement is an example of this
What is conduction?
400
It is difficult to breathe at the top of a tall mountain because higher altitudes have lower pressure, therefore oxygen molecules are (closer or farther) apart.
What is farther?
400
This is the layer protects us from ultraviolet radiation and exists between the troposphere and stratosphere.
What is the ozone layer?
400
Narrow belts of high speed winds that blow in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
What are jet streams?
400
Clouds and rains are caused by this
What is a warm, moist, low pressure air mass?
500
The average kinetic energy that an object possesses
What is temperature?
500
Low pressure air masses will move in this manner. (rise or fall)
What is rise?
500
This layer of the atmosphere has the greatest air pressure