The conditions of the atmosphere at a given location for a short period time.
What is weather?
100
This causes most weather conditions changes.
What is movement of air masses?
100
Low pressure systems usally bring this
What is clouds and unstabe conditions
100
The most prevalent gases in our air.
What is oxygen and nitrogen?
200
The 3 classes of rocks.
What is sedimentary metamorphic igneous?
200
Thecharacteristic weather that prevails from season to season and year to year.
What is climate?
200
The movement of air masses is determined bt 2 thing.
What is prevailing winds and upper air currends?
200
this is general movement of highs and low across the united states.
What is west to east?
200
As the density of air decreases its pressure.
What is decreases?
300
Most rocks show characteristics that give clues to this.
What is their formation conditions?
300
The cause of weather.
What is the uneven heating of earth surface?
300
Boundaries between air masses.
What is fronts?
300
Hazardous weather conditions.
What is thunderstorms tornados hurricanes ice storms and blizzards?
300
This type of air mass is warm and humid.
What is maritime tropical?
400
This model shows how types of rock or rock material may be transformed from one type of rock to another.
What is rock cycle?
400
These form when air remains nearly stationary over a large section of earths surface and takes on the conditions of temperature and humidity from that location.
What is air mass?
400
This is likely to occur at fronts.
What is precipitation?
400
This is crucial for humans to be able tp prepare for and responed to hazardous weather conditions.
What is sufficient warning?
400
Insterments used to measure air pressure.
What is barometers?
500
This rock can float.
What is pumice?
500
Weather conditions at a location are determined primarily by 3 thing.
What is temperature and pressure of air masses over that location?