Layers of the Atmosphere
There are 5 of these.
What is layers of the atmosphere?
These winds curve to the West in the Northern Hemisphere, and curve to the East in the Southern.
What are the trade winds?
During this time the air is cooler above the land.
What is night?
The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure.
What is wind?
Contains most of the air and oxygen.
What is the Troposphere?
The coldest layer of the Atmosphere.
There is very little wind in this area.
What are the Doldrums?
During this time the air above the sea is cooler.
What is during the day?
A mixture of gases that surround a planet or moon.
What is the atmosphere?
Where the meteors melt up.
What is the mesosphere?
The ozone layer is in this layer of the Atmosphere.
What is the Stratosphere?
There is high pressure and weak wind in this area.
What are the Horse Latitudes?
Wind moving to the sea from the land.
What is land breeze?
A force that is a result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
What is air pressure?
Protects us from harmful rays from the sun.
What is the ozone layer?
Most of the x-rays and UV radiations from the sun are absorbed in this sphere.
What is the Thermosphere?
They carry moist air through the US causing snow and rain.
What are the Westerlies?
Wind moving to the land from the sea.
What is sea breeze?
A long period of low precipitation.
What is a drought?
Has a span of almost 300 miles.
What is the Thermosphere?
All of the layers of the atmosphere [in order]
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere?
Cold sinking air pulled from the poles to 60 degrees North and 60 degrees South latitude.
What are the Polar Easterlies?
High pressure air always moves toward this.
What moves towards low pressure air?
The temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins.
What is a dew point?
Most dense layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?