The order of atmospheric layers starting with closest to Earth.
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere?
100
Factors that affect Earth's weather.
What are temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, and air pressure?
100
A large area of air that takes on the characteristics of the surface of Earth in which it is above.
What is an air mass?
200
Heat transfer in which the substances or their molecules collide with one another.
What is conduction?
200
Travels to Earth in the form of visible light, infrared waves, and small amounts of ultraviolet (UV) waves.
What is the Sun's radiation?
200
The top two gases abundant in Earth's atmosphere with their percentages.
What are 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen?
200
A measure of how fast molecules are moving.
What is temperature?
200
Warm air will rise and precipitation occurs, the temperature will change, and the wind direction will change.
What are the effects of a front?
300
Heat transfer in which a fluid will expand due to an increase in temperature, then the molecules will expand, and then rise.
What is convection?
300
This is what happens to the Sun's radiation as it reaches Earth.
What is 25% is absorbed by atmosphere, 25% is reflected by aerosols, and 50% reaches Earth's surface?
300
The four main processes in the water cycle.
What are evaporation, condensation, transpiration, and precipitation?
300
A decrease temperature will increase this.
What is air pressure?
300
The type of pressure associated with all severe weather.
What is a Low?
400
Heat transfer in which the heat energy transfers by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
400
In nature, heat always flows from hot to cold until both substances are the same temperature.
What is thermal equilibrium?
400
The difference between weather can climate.
What is, you can't weather a tree but you can climb it!?
What is, weather is the current conditions in a location, and climate is the condition over a long period of time?
400
When air is holding as much water vapor as possible; condensation occurs as a cloud or dew.
What is saturation?
400
The jet stream, the prevailing westerlies, and the trade winds (prevailing easterlies).
What global winds affect the U.S. weather?
500
A form of energy that does not require molecules to move through space (vacuum).
What are electromagnetic waves?
500
This causes the greenhouse effect.
What are aerosols, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane; in the atmosphere which prevent Earth's radiation from escaping out to space?
500
They are powered by the Sun’s radiant energy which will
circulate water in constant motion between the hydrosphere and atmosphere changing water's phases from liquid to gas to solid.
What are the affects of the water cycle on weather patterns?
500
The greater the difference of temperature or pressure between two areas, the stronger and faster speed this will be.
What is wind?
500
The motion of Earth that affects the direction of global winds.
What is the Earth's rotation causes the Coriolis effect?