Atmosphere
What layer of the atmosphere WE (humans) live in?
What is troposphere?
What is the name of the transfer of energy from one object to another object through direct contact?
What is conduction?
Winds that travel over long distances (all across the globe) are called what?
What is global winds?
Where does an air mass get its temperature and humidity from?
What is the land or water that it sits above?
What is an intense, local storms that forms strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, thunder and sometimes hail?
What is thunderstorm?
What layer of the atmosphere protects us from meteors and space debris?
What is the mesosphere?
What is the name of the transfer of energy due to the movement of matter (liquids or gases)?
What is convection?
What type of local wind system happens when wind moves from the land to the sea?
What is land breeze?
What type of pressure system gives sunny, clear weather?
What is high pressure system?
What is a destructive, rotating column of air that has very high-speed winds and is sometimes visible as a funnel shaped cloud?
What is tornado?
What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
What is the stratosphere?
When you touch a hot pot, this is an example of what type of heat transfer?
What is conduction?
How does the wind move in a Sea Breeze?
What is from the sea to the land?
Why don't two air masses mix when they come together?
What is density differences?
What type of storm do tornadoes and hurricanes start off as?
What is thunderstorm?
As we go higher into the layers of the atmosphere, what happens to air pressure AND temperature?
What is DECREASES?
You feel warm when you stand near a campfire, this is an example of what type of heat transfer?
What is radiation?
Is cold or warm air denser?
What is cold air?
What type of front includes stormy weather followed by colder weather?
What is a cold front?
Are hurricanes stronger on land or water?
What is the purpose of the Greenhouse Effect?
What is warms the Earth's surface?
A lava lamp is an example of what type of heat transfer?
What is convection?
How does air move?
What is from high to low pressure?
In New York City, it is 13 degrees and a low pressure system. What is the weather?
What is snow flurries?
All hurricanes form over tropical oceans. Why is that?
What is there is more moisture over warm oceans than cold oceans?