Weather
Air Quality
Types of clouds/How they form
Layers of the Atmosphere
Air Masses and Fronts
100
a funnel shaped cloud of high whirling winds.
What is a tornado.
100
Enters the air directly by either human actions or naturally.
What is a primary pollutant.
100
This type of cloud resembles a blanket.
What is a stratus cloud.
100
The lowest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere.
100
The place where 2 air masses meet.
What is a front.
200
A storm classified by its wind speed.
What is a hurricane.
200
This type of oxide comes from cars or factories/industries.
What is a nitric oxide.
200
This cloud usually forms at about 18,000 feet in the sky.
What is a cirrus cloud.
200
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere.
200
A large body of air with similar moisture and temperature throughout.
What is a air mass.
300
This storm is an average of 15 miles in diameter.
What is a thunderstorm.
300
This forms when hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides react with the sun.
What is the ozone.
300
This cloud is thin/transparent, high in the sky and can cover the whole sky.
What is a cirrostratus.
300
The northern lights form in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere.
300
Forms when 1 warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses.
What is occluded front.
400
This type of weather causes an average of 200 deaths per year.
What is a thunderstorm.
400
This forms when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react with water.
What is acid rain.
400
A MIDDLE level cloud that you can usually see the sun through.
What is a altostratus cloud.
400
In this layer of the atmosphere meteors can show up.
What is the mesosphere.
400
A pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
What is a stationary front
500
This type of severe weather was so called storm of the 20th century and was known for its powerful winds and massive size.
What is a blizzard.
500
this organic chemicals high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or sublimate from the liquid or solid form of the compound and enter the surrounding air.
What is a volatile organic compound.
500
This type of cloud can vary in height from about 50000 feet to near the surface.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud.
500
In these two layers of the atmosphere the temperature decreases with altitude.
What is the stratosphere and the thermosphere.
500
An area in the atmosphere that has lower pressure then the surrounding areas and has winds that spiral towards the center.
What is a cyclone.
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