Severe Weather
Storm with heavy rain, thunder, lightning, wind, and sometimes hail-
Thunderstorm
This is the 4th layer in the atmosphere-
What is the thermosphere?
When air or water molecules are heated, the molecules move-
What is faster?
A weatherman said conditions exist in your area. He is issuing a...
What is a warning?
This weather tool measures precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
Air pressure is the greatest at-
What is sea level?
This is the layer that meteors burn up in-
What is the Mesosphere?
A person who studies weather-
What is a meteorologist?
This is caused by not having enough rain-
Drought
This type of weather tool measures wind direction.
What is a wind/weather vane?
A cold air mass moving underneath a warm air mass is what kind of front.
What is a cold front?
Layer of the atmosphere that is located closest to Earth's surface and where most weather occurs in the...
What is troposphere?
Ozone is a form of-
oxygen with 3 oxygen atoms in each molecule
The boundary between two air masses-
What is a front?
This type of weather tool measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
Large circular storms; form as low pressure systems. Strongest over warm tropical ocean waters.
What is a hurricane?
Layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer-
What is stratosphere?
The primary source of energy for a hurricane is the-
This is why they originate in warm ocean water.
Heat of condensation being released.
Water droplets forming on the outside of a cup is called-
Condensation
This type of weather tool measures Air pressure.
What is a barometer?
A rotating funnel shaped cloud with strong winds and thunderstorms.
What is a tornado?
Two most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere-
nitrogen & oxygen
What happens when 2 fronts come together in the summer?
What is severe weather?
Large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.
What is an air mass?
Units used on a rain gauge to measure rainfall-
centimeters
Temp is 28 degrees outside, sky is cloudy and dark, and precipitation is falling. What kind of precipitation is falling? (two answers)
sleet and snow
Put the layers in order from Earth to Space-
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
If there is a summer rainstorm, that area is experiencing 100%-
humidity
Of the following, which is considered precipitation-
Wind, heat, sleet, clouds, rain, snow, hail
Sleet, Rain, Snow, Hail
This type of weather tool measures humidity-
Psychrometer