Definitions
state of the atmosphere at a specific place and time, usually expressed in terms of temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, and cloudiness.
Weather
This layer of the Atmosphere is where weather occurs
Troposphere
This layer has the lowest air pressure
What is the Exosphere?
thermometer
It is air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
What is wind?
This is the amount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
These are the layers of the Atmosphere
Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Troposphere and Exosphere
This is found in the Stratosphere
What is the Ozone?
What weather tools are used for measuring wind direction?
Wind Vane
Nice sunny days mean the pressure is?
High
This is what the weather is like in a particular region or area over a long period of time.
Climate
This protects us from harmful Ultraviolet radiation.
The Ozone Layer
These are the two most common gases found throughout all the layers
What are Nitrogen & Oxygen?
What weather tool is used to measure the pressure of the air?
Barometer
What forms when the invisible water vapor in the air condenses into visible water droplets
Clouds
What happens to temperature as you move up in the troposphere?
decreases temperature
This layer of the atmosphere protects us from meteors
Mesosphere
This layer of the atmosphere contains most of the gases on earth and is important because this is where we live and the only layer that has enough gases for us to breathe.
What is the Troposphere?
In what units does a Barometer measure in?
Hg
When checking for Humidity we use what tool?
Hydrometer
The type of scientist that studies the weather
Meteorologist
How do we determine where the boundaries are for the layers of the atmosphere?
Based on where temperature is increasing or decreasing
What layer is the International Space Station located in?
The Thermosphere
What weather tool measures the speed of wind?
Anemometer
What type of pressure reading would we have if it was rainy and cloudy outside?
Low pressure