Atmosphere
Where weather takes place
What is troposphere
Amount of sun energy
What is insolation
Force from impacts of air particles
What is air pressure
Earth's rotation pushes winds right or left
What is the coriolis affect
Where jet fly and the ozone is found
What is stratosphere
Three tools scientist use to learn about the weather
What are weather balloons, satellites and Doppler radar
Three factors affecting Sun energy hitting the Earth
What is latitude, time of year and time of day
This happens to air pressure as you go higher
What is becomes less
Convection currents cause patterns of winds
What are prevailing winds
Direction of wind during the day near the ocean
What is sea breeze
Five weather variables
What are temp, wind, moisture, cloud cover, and precipitation
Causes season
Tilted axis
Less dense warm air does this
What is rises
Circular pattern of rising air, sinking air and winds
What are convection cells
Measure wind speed
What is an Anemometer
State of Earth's troposphere
What is weather
When and where are the most intense rays of the sun?
What is summer and the equator
or What is summer and noon
Causes surfaces winds
What is the movement of air from high pressure to low pressure
Direction of winds near the ocean at night
What are land breezes
Percent of oxygen in the air
what is 21%
Gas that is 78% of troposphere
What is nitrogen
Steep angle cause this type of shadow
What is a short shadow
Pounds per square inch of air pressure at sea level
What is 14.7 psi
How wins are made
What is the direction they come from
Coldest at the top
What is the mesophere