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100
The layer of the atmosphere that is coldest and where meteors burn up.
What is the Mesosphere
100
The force exerted on a surface by weight of the air above is called
What is air pressure?
100
The type of front that happens when cold air pushes warm air up and out of the way.
What is a cold front?
100
Draw a cold front.
What is a line with triangles on one side?
100
The % and which gas is the most abundant in our atmosphere.
What is 78% Nitrogen?
200
The layer where the ozone is located.
What is the stratosphere?
200
The process where hot air rises and cool air sinks creates this type of thermal energy.
What is convection?
200
The type of front that happens when a cold front and a warm front stall out for a while.
What is a stationary front?
200
Draw a stationary front.
What is a line with triangles on one side and half circles on the other?
200
The type of front that happens when cold air pushes warm air up and out of the way.
What is a source region?
300
The outermost layer of the atmosphere.
What is the exosphere?
300
The type of energy created when a metal spoon touches the side of a hot pan.
What is conduction?
300
The type of front that happens when warm air slowly nudges cold air out of the way.
What is a warm front?
300
Draw an occluded front.
What is a line with triangle, half circle, triangle, half circle and so on?
300
A cold, dry air mass that moves over warm, tropical waters will likely become
What is warmer and wetter?
400
The layer where life and weather occur.
What is the troposphere
400
The rays of the sun hitting the Earth is this kind of energy transfer.
What is radiation?
400
The type of front that happens when cold air pushes warm air up and out of the way and pushes the next cold front away.
What is an occluded front?
400
Draw a warm front.
A line with half circles on it.
400
The difference in a maritime and continental air mass.
What is maritime forms over water and continental forms over land?
500
The layer of the atmosphere where the temperature can read higher than 1000°C.
What is the thermosphere?
500
A molecule made up of 3 oxygen atoms is this.
What it the ozone layer?
500
List the 2 properties that characterize an air mass.
What is temperature and moisture?
500
Write the abbreviations for a maritime tropical air mass.
What is mT?
500
The specific layer where the northern lights form in an electronically charged area.
What is the Ionosphere?