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Weather and the Atmosphere
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Weather and the atmosphere 3
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Instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
100
Puffy, cotton ball clouds that form when droplets of water condense at middle altitudes
What are cumulus clouds?
100
The amount of moisture in the air
What is humidity?
100
This instrument is used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
100

The type of air mass that forms over a body of water near the equator

What is maritime tropical?

200
Particles of air pressing down on Earth's surface
What is air pressure?
200
Wispy, high altitude clouds
What are cirrus clouds?
200
Layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth
What is the troposphere?
200
This is where most of Earths ozone is
What is the stratosphere?
200

The type of air mass that forms over land near the north pole

What is continental polar?

300
The layer of air that surrounds our planet
What is the atmosphere?
300
These clouds are seen on a gray, cloudy day and bring light rain or snow showers
What are stratus clouds?
300
The layer of the atmosphere in which most weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
300
This is how clouds are classified
What is by shape, size, color and where they form in the atmosphere?
300

The kind of front that forms when a warm air mass catches up with & overtakes a cold air mass

What is a cold front?

400
Layer of air that contains ozone and is located above the troposphere
What is the stratosphere?
400
These clouds are towering and dark with a nimbus, or halo, of gray-white. If you see them, it will probably rain soon.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
400

Most meteoroids burn up in this layer

What is mesosphere?

400
Instrument that meteorologists use to find wind direction
What is a weather vane or windsock?
400

2 factors that affect air pressure

What is humidity and temperature?

500
The border where two air masses meet
What is a front?
500
The warming of Earth caused by the atmosphere trapping thermal energy
What is the greenhouse effect?
500

Commercial airplanes can fly in these 2 layers.

What is the troposphere & the stratosphere?

500
The reason scientists record weather information
What is to predict changes?
500

The way air pressure changes with height

What is decreases?

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