Weather
The atmospheric conditions along with short-term changes of a certain place at a certain time are called this.
What is the weather?
The long-term average weather conditions (or patterns) that occur in a particular region are called this.
What is climate?
An intense tropical storm that has winds exceeding 119 km/h or 74 mph is called this.
What is a hurricane?
A cold period, lasting hundreds to millions of years, during which glaciers cover much of Earth is called this.
What is an ice age?
The atmospheric layer CLOSEST to the Earth's surface where most people spend their whole lives is called this.
What is the troposphere?
Water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere is called this.
What is precipitation?
A period with below-average precipitation is called this.
What is a drought?
This instrument is used by meteorologists to determine the wind speed and direction.
What is an anemometer?
The large-scale cutting and/or burning of trees and forests is called this.
What is deforestation?
The FIFTH and FARTHEST atmospheric layer from the Earth's surface where gas molecules rarely strike each other and some satellites may be found is called this.
What is the exosphere?
What is humidity?
This climate type is cold all year with little amounts of precipitation.
What is a polar climate?
This type of front occurs when a warm front and cold front collide and stall out.
What is a stationary front?
A general type of gas (such as carbon dioxide or methane) in the atmosphere that absorbs Earth's outgoing infrared radiation thereby warming Earth is called this.
What is a greenhouse gas?
The THIRD or MIDDLE atmospheric layer from the Earth's surface where meteorites generally burn up due to friction is called this.
What is the mesosphere?
A large body of air with distinct temperature and moisture characteristics is called this.
What is an air mass?
This climate type has warm summers, cold winters, and moderate amounts of precipitation.
What is a continental climate?
A large body of circulating air that has low pressure at its center and higher pressure on the outside is called this.
What is a low-pressure system?
An unnatural rise in Earth's average surface temperature over the past 100 years that many scientists attribute to human activity is called this.
What is global warming?
The SECOND atmospheric layer from the Earth's surface which happens to contain the ozone layer that absorbs dangerous rays from the sun is called this.
What is the stratosphere?
A boundary that exist between two air masses is called this.
What is a front?
This climate type has generally high precipitation, warm summers, mild winters, and is humid.
What is a mild or temperate climate?
This specialized radar can detect precipitation and movement of small particles and can approximate wind speed.
What is Doppler radar?
A small localized climate that is different than the climate of the larger region or area surrounding it is called this.
What is a microclimate?
The FOURTH atmospheric layer from the Earth's surface which contains a layer of ions that help produce the awesome auroras that we may witness is called this.
What is the thermosphere?