Layers of the Atmosphere
This layer is where all weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
About this percentage of solar radiation is reflected back into space.
What is 30%?
Wind is caused by differences in this.
What is air pressure?
This type of front forms when cold air pushes under warm air.
What is a cold front?
Three ingredients needed for thunderstorms (name one).
What is moisture / rising warm air / unstable atmosphere?
This layer contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
This process turns water vapor into liquid water in clouds.
What is condensation?
Air moves from this type of pressure to this type.
What is high to low pressure?
This front forms when warm air slowly rises over cold air.
What is a warm front?
The calm center of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
Meteorites burn up in this layer.
What is the mesosphere?
This measures the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
This tool measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
This front does not move.
What is a stationary front?
This causes thunder after lightning.
What is rapid heating and expansion of air?
The hottest layer where the ISS orbits.
What is the thermosphere?
This is the temperature at which air becomes saturated and condensation begins.
What is dew point?
The deflection of wind due to Earth’s rotation is called this.
What is the Coriolis effect?
This front forms when a warm air mass is trapped between two cold air masses.
What is an occluded front?
Tornadoes are measured using this scale.
What is the Enhanced Fujita Scale?
This is the outermost and thickest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the exosphere?
Coastal areas have smaller temperature changes because of this property of water.
What is high heat capacity (water heats/cools slowly)?
Closely spaced isobars indicate this type of wind speed.
What is strong (fast) wind?
Cold fronts typically bring this type of weather.
What are thunderstorms or severe weather?
This causes the most damage during hurricanes.
What is storm surge?