Weather
What gas makes up 78% of the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What is when two air masses meet?
A front
The average weather conditions over a specified period of time is what?
Climate
Are tornadoes high or low pressure storms?
Low
What does the term mitigation?
To reduce the impact or damage
Does warm or cool air hold more water vapor?
Warm
When warm air is forced up along a steep front?
Cold front
What is used for determining Earth's atmospheric conditions in the past?
Proxy data
What is the term for when a tornado has been spotted?
Warning
Does leaving all the lights on make climate change worse or better?
Worse
Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
Troposphere
Two air masses meet and neither advances is what?
Stationary front
What are the three major climate zones?
Tropical, temperate, polar
Which type of storm uses the Saffir-Simpson Scale?
Hurricane
Does climate change make weather more predictable?
No
Which layer is the furthest from Earth?
Exosphere
What does the number to the top left of a station model represent?
Temperature
What does the bar on a climatogram represent?
Precipitation
What is the wind speed that changes a storm from a tropical storm to a hurricane?
74 mph
Is climate change a new issue and has never happened on earth before?
No
What is a sounding?
The data the balloons record for a stuve diagram
Visibility
What are the three wind belts?
Polar Easterlies, Prevailing Westerlies, and Tropical Easterlies
On average, how long is a tornado on the ground?
5 minutes
The line on a climatogram represents what?
Temperature