Atmospheric Layers
This layer is closest to the Earth's surface.
What is the troposphere
A large body of air whose temperature and moisture are fairly similar at a given altitude
What is an air mass
This feature of a map is used to determine climate zones
What is latitude
Boundaries separating different air masses when they meet
What is an air front
A kind of air pollution that makes many of our cities appear hazy.
What is smog
This is the hottest layer.
What is the thermosphere
Where an air mass gains it's temperature and humidity properties.
What is a source region
These areas of the world experience seasonal monsoon rains.
What is tropical rainy
The storm with the greatest wind speeds
What is a tornado
This natural geologic activity can cause the Earth to cool.
What is volcanism
The layers composed of a primarily uniform gas mixture.
What is the homosphere
Where an existing air mass rises to make way for an incoming air mass.
What is a cold front
This climate's subzones experience limited precipitation.
What is dry climate
A cloud formation that can produce thunder, lightning, and tornados.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
When a large city is a few degrees warmer than the surrounding region.
What is a microclimate
Most meteors burn up in this layer.
What is the mesosphere
This high altitude cloud type never produces rain.
What is a cirrus cloud
The climate zone for the Puget Sound region.
What is temperate marine
The location of the strongest hurricane winds.
What is the eyewall
Occurs when certain gases in the Earth’s atmosphere traps in the Sun’s heat.
What is the greenhouse effect
This sub-layer is used to redirect radio waves.
What is the ionosphere
These only occur near mountains, the coast, or in storm fronts.
What are local winds
This system uses temperature and precipitation to classify climate zones.
What is the Koppen-Geiger system
An air mass that moves across a body of water, gaining moisture and dropping it as snow.
What is a lake effect
The amount of change in the earth's average temperature over the last 100yrs.
What is .8 degrees Celsius