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Clouds
Winds
Atmosphere Layers
Storms
Front
100
Clouds that form in flat layers.
What is the stratus cloud?
100
The horizontal movment of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
What is wind?
100
The middle layer of Earths atomosphere; the layer in which most meteoriods burn up.
What is mesosphere?
100
A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
What is a storm?
100
The area where air masses meet and do not mix.
What is front?
200
Clouds that form near the ground.
What is fog?
200
Cold air near the poles sinks and flows back toward the lower latitudes above 60 degrees latitude.
What are the polar easterlies?
200
The lowest layer of Earths atomosphere, where weather occurs.
What is troposphere?
200
A sudden spark, or energy discharge, as these charges jump between parts of a cloud,between nearby clouds, or between the cloud and the ground.
What is lightning?
200
Boundary between a warm air mass and a cold air mass.
What is warm front?
300
Wispy, feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals.
What is cirrus?
300
Winds that blow from the west to the east and are between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.
What are the prevailing westerlies?
300
The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere; temperatures are 1,800 degrees Celsius.
What is thermosphere?
300
A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface.
What is tornado?
300
Boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.
What is cold front?
400
Clouds that form less than 2 km above ground and look puffy.
What is a cumulus cloud?
400
The way Earth's rotation makes winds curve.
What is the Coriolis effect?
400
The second lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere; ozone layer is located here.
What is stratosphere?
400
A tropical storm that has winds of 119 km per hour or greater.
What is Hurricane?
400
Boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass when no movement occurs.
What is a stationary front?
500
Cloud that means "rain".
What is nimbus?
500
Bands of high-speed winds about 10km above Earth's surface.
What is the jet stream?
500
The lowest part of the thermosphere where electrically charged particles called ions are found; satellites are here.
What is ionosphere?
500
Heavy rain-storms accompanied by thunder and lightning.
What is Thunderstorm?
500
A huge body of air that has similar tempature,pressure,and humidity thoughout.
What is air mass?