Layers
What is the layer farthest from Earth?
Exosphere!
What does the atmosphere keep in?
Heat
What is a rain gauge used for?
To measure rain.
What winds go from west to east?
Westerlies
What clouds are made of ice crystals?
Cirrus
What layer is the Ozone layer?
Stratosphere
What is the largest quantity of gas?
Nitrogen
The study of weather called?
Meteorology
What type of wind affect the part of the Earth we live in? (NC)
Prevailing westerlies
What cloud is fluffy and flat at the bottom?
Cumulus Clouds
What is the middle layer?
Mesosphere
What is the second largest quantity of gas in the atmosphere?
Oxygen
What does an anemometer measure?
Wind speed
What causes wind?
Uneven heating of Earth
What is the tallest/biggest type of cloud?
Cumulonimbus
What happens to the density of air as we get closer to Earth?
The air density decreases
What does the atmosphere protect us from?
UV rays
What is a wind vane used for?
To find the direction of wind
Air that moves from land to ocean is...?
Land Breeze
What cloud is flat and thin?
Stratus
What layer do we live in?
Troposphere
What is the atmosphere mostly composed of?
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon
What does a barometer measure?
Air pressure
Doldrums is known as
Region of irregular wind in the equatorial region
What types of clouds form because of rainy weather?
Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus