Atmosphere Layers
The layer where we live and where weather occurs
What is thermosphere?
Of the following four choices, this is where air pressure would be the LOWEST: a. on top of a skyscraper b. at sea level c. on top of Mt Everest d. at the bottom of the Grand Canyon
C. on top of Mt. Everest?
The process where water evaporates from plant leaves
What is transpiration?
This air mass produces wet and warm weather
What is maritime tropical?
Feathery, hair-like clouds that predict fair weather
What is cirrus clouds?
The layer that fades into outer space?
What is the exosphere?
This is how density of air changes with altitude
What is as altitude increases, density of air decreases?
What is evaporation?
This air mass produces dry and cold weather
What is continental polar?
A fluffy cloud that indicates fair weather if white and rain if grey
What is a cumulus cloud?
The electromagnetic radiation that the ozone layer protects us from
What is ultraviolet radiation?
This is used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
The process where water vapor turns back into a liquid and forms into a cloud
What is condensation?
This front is represented by blue triangles on a weather map
What is a cold front?
A cloud that indicates a thunderstorm is approaching
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
The coldest layer where meteors burn up
What is the mesosphere?
What is the troposphere?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What are the 4 types of precipitation?
This is a front when a cold mass meets a warm air mass and neither move
What is a stationary front?
A low-level cloud that covers a large part of the sky and indicates steady rain or drizzle
The two main gases that make up our atmosphere
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
The water that collects in pockets underneath the Earth's surface
What is groundwater?
This front is represented by red half circles meaning a warm air mass is slowly taking over a cold air mass
What is a warm front?
A stratus cloud that can be seen at ground-level
What is fog?