Vocabulary
Layers of the Atmosphere
Water Vapor and Humidity
Warmer/Cooler
Clouds and Precipitation
100
insolation
What is the amount of the Sun's energy that reaches Earth at a given place and time?
100
Thermosphere
Which layer has ionized gas?
100
Humidity
What is the amount of water vapor in the air?
100
It cools off.
What happens to warm air that rises higher in the sky?
100
Fog
What does moist air cooled at ground level cause?
200
weather
What are the conditions present in the troposphere at any given time?
200
Troposphere
What is the layer we live in?
200
gas
Water vapor is water in the form of a _________.
200
The lighter warm air is pushed up over the heavier, cold air.
What happens when cool and warm air meet?
200
Cirrus
What are high-altitude clouds that look feather-like?
300
nitrogen and oxygen
What is 99% of the air we breathe made up of?
300
Troposphere
All the moisture around Earth is in which layer?
300
The change from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
the water vapor in the air condenses.
What happens whenever warm air rises and cools?
300
Cumulus
What is a cloud that looks puffy but has a flat bottom?
400
air pressure
What is the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above?
400
temperature
The levels of the four layers of the atmosphere are determined by sudden changes in ______________ at each level.
400
Transpiration from plant leaves.
What is the second-largest source of water vapor?
400
Clouds
What is formed when water droplets form in the air?
400
Stratus
What is a cloud that forms a blanketlike layer?
500
atmosphere
What is the air that surroundes the Earth?
500
Thermosphere
What is the top layer of the atmosphere?
500
2/3's
What is the amount of the Earth's surface that is covered with water?
500
The warmer the temperature, the greater the evaporation.
What effect does temperature have on evaporation?
500
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is precipitation?
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