the state of the atmosphere in a place and time containing several elements
What is weather?
100
Measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
someone who studies the atmosphere and is a weather forecaster
Who is a meteorologist?
100
Term used to describe water being recycled through our atmosphere
water cycle
100
Weather occurs here
troposphere
200
This is the by-product of the earth's rotation which adds acceleration to any moving object including wind.
What is the Coriolis effect?
200
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
Which front is associated with stormy weather with cold air to follow?
cold front
200
When the air reaches saturation....this is known as?
Dew point
200
Due to the Coriolis effect, high pressure systems in the northern hemisphere rotate in this direction.
What is clockwise?
300
Lines representing equal barometric pressure.
What are isobars?
300
Used to measure humidity?
Sling Phy. or Hygrometer
300
The boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
Warm Front
300
Temperature and Relative Humidity have what type of relationship
Inverse relationship
or an Indirectly proportional relationship
300
this is the hottest layer
thermosphere
400
Fast flowing, narrow air current
What is a jet stream?
400
This measures the amount of rain per specific time period
What is a rain gauge?
400
the line or plane occurring where the cold front of a depression has overtaken the warm front, raising the warm sector from ground level
Occluded front
400
Water appears on the grass in the morning....what is the phase change?
Condensation
400
In North America and Europe, low pressure cells and other weather systems generally move in this direction (compass direction)
What is west to east?
500
Layer of the atmosphere containing the most mass of the atmosphere?
troposphere
500
this is used to photograph large scale weather patterns and movement
What is a weather satellite?
500
may bring several days of clouds and precipitation as air is constantly forced to rise, and multiple low pressure systems can move over the frontal boundary bringing with it rain, snow, and potentially wind.
Stationary front
500
frost appears on the grass blades in the morning....what is this phase change?
deposition
500
On a clear, sunny day, the atmospheric pressure is described as this. (high or Low)