Earth Atmosphere
What is the 1st layer of the Atmosphere
Troposphere
In what layer of the Atmoshpere is the Ozone layer locted
Stratosphere
What is Meterology
The study of weather and what effects weather
What is weather
the current state of the earth atmosphere that causes numerous events to potentially occur
What is Climate ?
The average weather over an extended period of time
How many layers are in Earth Atmosphere
5
What does the Ozone Layer do
Protects Earth from the suns Radation
What does a Meteorologist primarily study
Earths Atmosphere
What type of weather typically comes with or before a hail storm
thunderstorms
True or False: Weather includes short term changes of precipitation through a week in the middle of December
True
What is the furthest layer of the atmosphere
Exosphere
Primarily what type of energy does the ozone layer block
UV rays
What is the importance of Meteorology
It allows us to look at patterns and be prepared for what types of weather events could occur
True Or False Weather does not include what it looks and feels like outside on any given day
False
Climate or weather, Which does the school look at when decided if there should be a snow day
weather
What Element composes up just over 70% of earth Atmoshpere
Nitrogen
Ozone is composed of what naturally occurring Element
Oxygen
what does the suffix In Meterology stand for (ology)
the study of something
How does Hail Form ?
vapor freezes very high elevation in the sky and the updraft of the wind keeps it in the air freezing over and over again until the weight is to much for the updraft to support.
What 1 way that someone may describe the climate of Florida
Humid, sub-tropical, rainy...
Nearly how much of Earth's atmosphere is made up of Argon
Argon
How does ozone form
when oxygen atoms connect and react with other oxygen atoms bonding together to create O3
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there are 6 key factors of weather what are 3 of them
Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure, Clouds, Winds Humidity, Rain
What is it called when actions of society may cause climate to alter its state or usual trends
Climte Change