What type of air mass would you expect to find over the Atlantic ocean, off the coast of Florida?
What is maritime tropical.
100
Weather is found in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere
100
The percentage of light reflected is known as _______.
What is albedo
100
Layer of gases that surrounds the planet.
What is the atmosphere
200
This is the layer of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is found.
What is the stratosphere
200
This type of front is created when a warm air mass gradually overtakes a cold air mass.
What is a warm front
200
Hurricanes (and other severe storms) do not blow in a straight line due to _______________.
What is the Coriolis Effect
200
This is the percentage of the total amount of solar energy absorbed by Earth.
What is 65%
200
Causes air to sink, results in fair weather.
What is high pressure
300
This gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere.
What is nitrogen
300
Air masses are named based on these two characteristics
What are temperature and moisture content (or humidity).
300
This type of thunderstorm is required for a tornado to form.
What is a supercell thunderstorm
300
The three types of atmospheric heat transfer
What are radiation, conduction and convection
300
Mass per unit volume
What is density
400
The ____________________, or force exerted by the gases pushing on an object, is greatest in the troposphere.
What is atmospheric pressure.
400
This type of air mass would be expected to form over the southern part of Saskatchewan.
What is continental polar
400
A _____ pressure system is associated with stormy weather.
What is low
400
Short wave radiation can pass through the Earth's atmosphere, but long wave radiation re-emitted by Earth's surface gets trapped by the atmosphere and creates ________________.
What is the greenhouse effect
400
High level clouds are all classified with this prefix
What is cirrus (or cirro)
500
Atmospheric pressure and air density both ________ as altitude increases.
What is decrease.
500
This is the boundary separating air masses of different densities.
What is a front
500
Describe the types of clouds and weather associated with a cold front.
What are cumulonimbus clouds and heavy precipitation or thunderstorms.
500
This type of heat transfer is responsible for creating wind in the atmosphere.