Atmosphere
Wind
Heat Transfer
Weather Maps
WILD Weather
100
The lowest layer of the atmosphere, where we live
What is the troposphere
100
The windless zones near the equator
What are the equatorial doldrums
100
Transfer of heat by waves
What is radiation
100
Storm that forms over tropical regions
What is a hurricane
100
A person that studies weather
What is a meteorologist
200
Temperature in this layer is hot!
What is the thermosphere
200
Causes most of the weather to move across the United States
What are the westerlies
200
Transfer of heat through direct contact
What is conduction
200
A line connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, also shows wind speed
What is an isobar
200
Boundary formed between two colliding air masses
What is a front
300
This layer causes the Aurora Borealis and also affects AM radio frequencies
What is the ionosphere
300
Air currents that flow between the poles and 60 degrees north and south
What are the polar easterlies
300
Transfer of heat by flow of material
What is convection
300
A line connecting point of equal temperature
What is an isotherm
300
The measure of the amount of water vapor in the air compared to how much it can hold at a certain temperature
What is relative humidity
400
This layer protects us from Ultraviolet radiation that can cause cancer
What is the Ozone layer
400
This is caused by Earth's rotation
What is the coriolis effect
400
Transfer of energy from water or land to air through direct contact
What is conduction
400
Storms or rainy weather is associated with this type of pressure system
What is Low pressure
400
These chemicals caused the hole in the ozone by destroying ozone molecules
What chloroflourocarbons
500
Electrically charged particles are found here
What is the ionosphere
500
Narrow belts of strong winds that blow toward the top of the troposhpere
What is the jet stream
500
Transfer of energy from the sun to Earth's surface
What is radiation
500
The four front types
What is cold, warm, stationary and occluded
500
Thick puffy clouds
What are cumulus clouds
M
e
n
u