The layer of the atmosphere closest to the ground that contains most of the weather.
What is the troposphere?
100
At a constant pressure and water vapor content, the temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation.
What is the dew point?
100
This air mass brings warm and moist air from tropical Pacific and Atlantic locations
What is maritime tropical?
100
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
This scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake. It uses the numbers 1-10
What is magnitude or Richter Scale?
200
The process by which the atmosphere slows Earth's loss of heat to space.
What is the Greenhouse effect?
200
A solid particle in the atmosphere that provides the surface on which water vapor condenses
What is condensation nuclei?
200
This air mass brings cold and dry weather from polar regions in Canada.
What is continental polar?
200
A periodic occurrence in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface water temperature becomes unusually warm.
What is El Nino?
200
At this type of boundary, an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate creating a volcanic arc.
What is a convergent boundary?
300
This measures atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer?
300
This prefix/ suffix means rain. These terms are used to describe a type of rain cloud
What is nimbus/ nimbo?
300
When a cold air mass retreats from an area, this forms. It may produce precipitation over a large area and may cause violent weather.
What is a warm front?
300
A moving air mass encounters a mountain range, and the air mass, rise, cools and loses most of its moisture through precipitation. The other side of the mountain is warm and dry. This effect is known as this.
What is a rain shadow?
300
This is a volcanically active area of Earth's surface, commonly far from a tectonic plate boundary. An example is the Hawaiian Islands
What is a hot spot?
400
These are tiny solid particles in the atmosphere. They can be dust, ash, minerals or pollens
What are particulates?
400
Rain that freezes when it strikes a surface produces this
What is glaze ice (SLEET)?
400
This type of front form large cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds when a mass of cold air wedges under warmer air
What is a cold front?
400
This climate is characterized by high temperatures and heavy precipitation during much of the year.
What is a tropical climate?
400
This type of electric energy is produced by the flow of water. It is sustainable and produces 7.1% of California's energy production
What is hydroelectric energy?
500
During one part of the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen is removed from the air mainly by this?
What is Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria?
500
A phenomenon when clouds' water droplets remain liquid below 0 degrees celsius
What is supercooling?
500
In the mature stage of a thunderstorm, a cumulus cloud grows until it becomes this
What is cumulonimbus cloud?
500
This middle latitude climate is a mild climate that has a small temperature range between summer and winter. It is characterized by broadleaf and evergreen trees; long dry summers and mild, wet winters.
What is Mediterranean Climate?
500
A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed.