Vocab
Wind
The movement of air in vacuoles.
What layer is responsible for weather?
Troposphere.
Which type of air has a lower density and more energy?
Hot air.
How are air masses classified?
By temperature, pressure, and humidity.
What are isobars?
Lines indicating different air pressure.
Air pressure
The amount of pressure inserted by a column of air on objects or air below.
What are all the layers from the closest to Earth to the farthest?
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and the Exosphere.
Which type of pressure system rises?
Low Pressure.
What are the different types?
Continental, Polar, Arctic, Maritime, and Tropical.
If isobars are close together, are high winds expected?
Yes.
Prevailing Westerlies
The winds that blow from 30 degrees to 60 degrees West to East.
What layer contains the ozone layer?
The Stratosphere.
What weather occurs with High Pressure systems?
Sunny, dry weather.
What is a front?
A boundary line between two air masses.
If a cold front is moving towards Boston, what weather should they expect?
Severe storms, lots of rain, and cooler weather afterwards.
Tropical
Air that forms over the equator.
What layers are hotter as they go up?
Stratosphere, Thermosphere.
What are global winds.
Huge convection currents on the Earth.
What are the types of fronts.
Cold, warm, stationary, and occluded.
If a high pressure is over Miami, what weather should they expect?
Dry, sunny, clear weather.
Maritime
What gases are in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Argon, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and Ozone.
What are the global convection cells?
The Hadley Cell, Mid-Latitude Cell, and the Polar Cell.
What weather is associated with occluded?
Severe precipitation, thunderstorms, and cool after.
If an air mass is coming from the North, could it be Tropical?
No.