Weather
Lightning is a powerful blast of this.
What is electricity?
Low flat clouds that create overcast days.
What are stratus clouds?
This layer of the Earth's atmosphere is where most meteors burn up upon entry.
What is the mesosphere?
The two main measurements used to describe wind.
What are direction and speed?
Scientists who study the Earth's atmosphere
Who are meteorologists?
The science of weather is called this.
What is meteorology?
Big puffy white clouds that can turn into thunderstorms
What are cumulous clouds?
This layer of the Earth's atmosphere is the layer next to the Earth where weather takes place.
This causes wind.
What are differences in air pressure?
This type of pressure system generally produces rainy or cloudy weather.
What is low pressure system?
Hurricanes form here.
What is over an ocean?
A cloud that forms right on the surface of the Earth
What is fog?
This layer of the Earth's atmosphere has a very thin atmosphere, but can also become very hot.
What is the thermosphere?
The main cause of differences in air pressure on Earth.
What is temperature?
The boundary between high pressure and low pressure systems.
What is a front?
The time of day thunderstorms most often form
What is afternoon?
Clouds are made of these.
What are tiny droplets or frozen crystals of water?
This layer of the Earth's atmosphere is heated by the Sun hitting the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
This device measures the speed of the wind.
What is an anemometer?
This type of weather front occurs when a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
Tornadoes that form over water are called this.
What is a waterspout?
Types of clouds usually associated with severe thunderstorms
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
These two elements make that up the majority of the Earth's atmosphere.
What are oxygen and nitrogen?
These global winds form near the equator.
What are the trade winds?
This type of weather front stays in one place for a long period of time.
What is a stationary front?
A tornado is called this before it comes into contact with the ground.
What is a funnel cloud?
This keeps clouds floating in the air.
What is warm air?
This is a layer of gases that surround the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
These global winds are located in the middle latitudes of the globe.
What are the prevailing westerlies?
We call the measurement of the amount of water vapor in the air this.
What is humidity?