Clouds
Water Cycle and Wind
Weather #1
Weather #2
Layers of Atmosphere
100
What type of cloud is pictured?
Cirrus
100
What is it called when water in clouds become too heavy and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
precipitation
100
Explain weather.
State of atmosphere at a specific place and time
100
The air above the ___ rises because it has low density and low pressure.
equator
100
This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone.
Stratosphere
200
The weather is fair out, but a thunderstorm is approaching. What type of clouds are you going to see?
Cirrus
200
What is it called when water in plants is converted to vapor and released to the atmosphere?
Transpiration
200
___ is the transfer of energy in the form of rays or waves.
Radiation
200
What happens at a front?
Two air masses meet but don’t mix.
200
The atmospheric pressure ___ as you move upward in the atmosphere.
decreases
300
What does nimbus mean?
rain
300
What is the correlation between the amount of CO2 being released and the overall global temperature?
as CO2 levels rise, temperature increases
300
What drives currents at the ocean's surface?
wind
300
How does convection relate to the atmosphere?
Warm air rises and cool air is denser so it sinks. This cycling of air causes winds.
300
Weather happens at this layer of the atmosphere.
Troposphere
400
What type of cloud is explained?
low-level layers with a fairly uniform gray or white color
Stratus
400
What happens to the energy that the Earth gets from the Sun?
Some gets reflected back, some gets absorbed by the atmosphere, and some gets absorbed by the land and water
400
In a cold front, what type of air mass is moving into the area?
cold front
400
What happens at a stationary front?
2 air masses come together but they don’t push each other out; it’s difficult to predict weather here
400
Why is the ozone important to life on Earth?
It shields living organisms from harmful uv radiation from the sun.
500
What type of cloud is described?
white, puffy clouds
cumulus
500
Steady winds between the equator and 30o latitude north or south are known as the ____.
Trade Winds
500
What happens to the energy that the Earth gets from the Sun?
Some gets reflected back, some gets absorbed by the atmosphere, and some gets absorbed by the land and water
500
What type of weather does a low pressure system bring?
rain, storms, warmer weather
500
Name the layers of the atmosphere from highest to lowest.
Exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere.