Layers
Storms
Misc.
Air masses and fronts
Clouds and wind
100
Ozone is concentrated in the layer of the atmosphere known as:
What is the stratosphere
100
A severe weather _______ is issued when conditions are favorable for severe weather to occur
What is a watch
100
The most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
What is nitrogen
100
There is a standoff and the surface position of the front does not move
What is a stationary front
100
Responsible for 90% of deaths during a hurricane
What is storm surge
200
Layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up in?
What is the mesosphere
200
Hurricanes usually lose energy when:
What is they move over land or cooler water
200
Energy from the rock cycle
What is Earth's interior and sun
200
Weather associated with a cold front includes
What is heavy precipitation
200
Wind forms when areas of _____ pressure moves to areas of ____ pressure
What is high and low
300
What the ozone layer protects us from
What is the suns radiation
300
Measures the intensity of tornadoes
What is the fujita scale
300
Appalachian mountains are which plate boundaries
convergent continental
300
A cT air mass is
What is dry and warm
300
Causes wind to blow
What is air temperature and pressure
400
The force exerted by the weight of the air above
What is air pressure
400
Instruments used to gather weather data
What is anemometer, thermometer, barometer, radar, doppler radar
400
What is heavy rain and cold weather
400
Weather associated with an anticyclone includes:
What is clear skies
400
Weather moves from _____ to _____ across the United State
What is west to east
500
Air thinner at the top of a mountain compared to the base of a mountain
What is there are fewer air molecules in the atmosphere at higher elevations
500
When trade winds slow down allowing the eastern Pacific ocean to warm up
What is el nino
500
What is light ran for a long period of time
500
Two properties that characterize an air mass?
What is temperature and moisture
500
Clouds form when
What is warm air condenses or reaches its dew point