Atmosphere/Air pressure
Layers of Atmosphere
Weather Factors
Weather Patterns
Pot Pourri
100
This is the second most type of gas in the atmosphere
What is oxygen
100
This is the first layer of the atmosphere, where we are
What is the troposphere
100
These are the two factors that cause weather
What is heat and water
100
This type of air mass is cold and dry
What is continental polar
100
This type of cloud is found very high in the sky and look wispy/feathery
What is cirrus clouds
200
This is the main type of gas that the atmosphere is composed of
What is nitrogen
200
This is the main purpose of the stratosphere
What is absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation
200
This type of heat transfer comes directly from the sun
What is heat transfer by radiation
200
This type of air mass is caused by the air being over an ocean in a warm area
What is maritime tropical
200
This type of wind is caused by the unequal heating of Earth's surface over a large area
What is global winds
300
This is the result of the weight of a column of air that extends upward through the entire atmosphere
What is air pressure
300
This layer is where the aurora borealis occurs
What is ionosphere
300
This type of heat transfer causes the weather we experience in the troposphere
What is heat transfer by convection
300
This type of front is caused by fast-moving cold air mass overtaking a warm air mass, leading to a storm
What is a cold front
300
This descibes a zone on Earth where there is a calm area where warm air rises
What is doldrums
400
As you go up through the atmosphere, this aspect of the air decreases
What is density
400
This layer has satelites orbiting Earth
What is the exosphere
400
This type of wind is caused by the unequal heating of Earth's surface in a small area
What is local winds
400
This type of front is caused by cold and warm air masses meeting, where neither can move the other and a storm remains in the area for days
What is stationary front
400
This type of cloud is towering with a flat top, usually producing thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus
500
These devices measure air pressure
What is barometers
500
This layer is where meteorites burn up
What is mesosphere
500
This specific type of global wind moves from the horse latitudes towards the equator
What is trade winds
500
This type of frront is caused by waarm air mass being caught between two cooler air masses
What is an occluded front
500
This type of precipitation is caused when raindrops fall througha layer of air that is below 0 degrees celcius
What is sleet
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