Layers of the Atmosphere
Weather Factors
Severe Weather
Cycles
Interpreting Weather Maps/Fronts
100
The layer in which weather occurs
What is The Troposphere
100
A measure of how hot or cold something is
What is Temperature
100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm
100
Natures way of recycling water
What is Water Cycle
100
when two air masses meet, the boundary between them is named this
What is a front
200
The hottest layer of the atmosphere
What is The Thermoshpere
200
Measured with a thermometer
What is Temperature
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado
200
The process of water evaporating
What is Evaporation
200
The symbol for cloud coverage
What is a circle filled in According to the cloud coverage
300
The last layer of the atmosphere an astronaut passes through while entering outer space
What is The Exosphere
300
Scientists who study weather
What are meteorologists
300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane
300
The cycle in which a certain element is converted into a usable substance and then used in plants, eaten by animals, and then released into the atmosphere again
What is The Nitrogen Cycle
300
The type of front created when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass
What is a Cold Front
400
The layer in which meteors and rock burn up
What is The Mesosphere
400
These are launched into space, orbit the Earth and take pictures of it
What is a Weather Satellite
400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood
400
The cycle in which a certain element is released through factory emissions, car emissions, and animal respiration
What is The Carbon Cycle
400
A blue H mean on the weather map
What is a High pressure system
500
The layer in which most ozone is found
What is The Stratosphere
500
Goes from a high pressure system to a low pressure system
What is Wind
500
precipitation caused by cold weather and a strong updraft
What is hail
500
The source of energy that drives all the cycles on the earth
What is The Sun
500
A blue H mean on the weather map
What is a Low pressure system