Atmosphere
Living things are found here?
What is troposphere?
Humidity is the amount of this in the air.
What is water or moisture?
Clouds are made of this.
What is water and dust particles?
This allows planes to fly fast.
What is a jet stream?
What kind of energy is released with lightning.
What is static energy?
The coldest level of the atmosphere?
What is the mesosphere?
When air rises, water vapour in the air will do this.
What is condense?
Clouds that can lead to thunderstorms and are low.
What are cumulus?
The usual wind in a place.
What is a prevailing wind?
Pockets of rising warm air are called this.
What are thermals?
This is found in the stratosphere and protects us from harmful UV rays.
What is the ozone layer?
The amount of water vapour in the air compared to how much it can hold in total.
What is relative humidity?
High cloud that is wispy and feathery.
What is cirrus?
In which direction do weather patterens typically move in the US
What is West to East?
Tornadoes can travel this fast.
What is 400 km/hour?
This is where planes fly?
What is stratosphere?
This is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
Low cloud that can appear as a blanket covering the sky.
What is Stratus?
can move up to 44 billion pounds of dust in the air per day.
What are dust storms?
Results in flooding and property damage on land as an effect of a hurricane.
What is a storm surge?
You will find the aurora borealis here.
What is thermosphere?
What is altitude, temperature and humidity?
these clouds commonly signal rain hail, or tornadoes could be heading your way.
What is cumulonimbus?
In what direction does a northeasterly blows.
What is to the southwest?
Tornadoes form this shape.
What is a "vortex"?