Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Precipitation and Severe Weather
Layers of the Atmosphere
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
100
what the lower atmosphere (or troposphere) is like at any given place and time
What is weather
100

the changing of a gas into a liquid

What is condensation

100

a strong tropical storm with dangerous winds and heavy rain

What is a hurricane

100

weather occurs here

What is the Troposphere

100
the average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
200
the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure
200

True or False: the atmosphere is made of 78% nitrogen gas, 21% oxygen and 1% other gases

What is true

200

any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground

What is precipitation

200

meteors are found here

What is the Mesosphere

200
a boundry between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
300
the air that surrounds the earth
What is atmosphere
300

the water that is in the air

What is water vapor

300

the pattern of weather in a certain place over a long period of time

What is climate

300

the Aurora Borealis is found here

What is the Thermosphere

300
a large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout
What is air mass
400
this instrument measures air pressure
What is barometer
400

the changing of a liquid into a gas

What is evaporation

400

the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place

What is weather

400
Airplanes fly in the lower level of this layer

What is the Stratosphere

400
when cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
500
the layer closest to Earth's surface
What is troposphere
500

the amount of water vapor in the air

What is humidity

500

a dangerous storm with lightning and thunder

what is thunderstorm

500
Merges with space, some satellites here

What is the Exosphere

500
when warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front
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