Atmosphere
What is the role of the atmosphere?
Keep the earth livable- blocking bad sunrays and trapping heat
What is evaporation?
Liquid to gas
List AND describe the types of air masses
Maritime polar
Maritime tropical
Continental polar
Continental tropical
What is the job of a meteorologist?
Predict the weather
Define Storm
a violent disturbance in the atmosphere
Which gases make up most of the atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
What is condensation
Gas back to liquid
True or False: One air mass cannot be different temperatures
True; must be same temperature, humidity, etc.
What information does a weather map tell us?
Temperature, humidity, air pressure, precipitation, etc.
What is the key detail to having a winter storm?
Ground must be freezing (0 or 32 degrees)
Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere
What is precipitation
Liquid coming back to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is a front?
Where 2 air masses meet
How does technology impact weather predictions?
The more technology improves, the more accurate predictions get
Difference between a storm Watch and storm Warning
Watch= all the conditions to make a storm
Warning= storm is happening
As an airplane takes off, what is happening to the air pressure?
It decreases as you go up
Energy from the sun, Gravity
List AND describe the types of fronts
Cold: a cold front pushes a warm front up and out of the way
Warm: a fast warm front overtakes a slow cold front
Occluded: 2 cold fronts push a warm front out of the way
Stationary: 2 fronts meet but don't interact
It is 65 degrees in Oklahoma City. If an occluded front passes over what will happen to the temperature?
It will decrease (cold fronts push out warm front)
What causes droughts?
Excessive heat, lack of water
Warm winds from the equator move where?
Towards the Poles
What is the amount of water vapor in the air?
humidity
What is happening when air begins to swirl causing a low pressure center to form
Cyclone/Anticyclone
Short term
What are 2 key details about the eye of a storm?
Calmest part of storm
Winds change direction