What is Earth?
What is Earth?
The planet we live on.
How many atmospheric layers does Earth have?
Five
What weather is associated with High Pressure?
Clear skies, light clouds
True or False: Temperature is associated with heat?
False
This weather is associated with Tundra and Ice caps?
Polar
Earth is the ____ planet from the sun?
3rd, after Mercury, Venus, and before Mars
This atmospheric layer is known for burning up meteors and foreign objects.
Mesosphere
What weather usually occurs with Low Pressure?
Precipitation, Snow, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, etc.
What is one of the temperature scales?
Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin
This weather is associated with rainforests and Savannas.
Tropical
What are the five layers of Earth's atmosphere?
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere.
This is where the Ozone Layer is located?
Stratosphere
When high pressure is in an area, air is?
Sinking
What is the freezing temperature of water?
32 degrees
This climate is associated with warm summers, cool summers, and subarctic?
Continental
Out of all the rocky inner planets, Earth is the__________?
Largest and most massive.
This atmospheric layer is where you can spot Auora Borealis?
On a weather map. The color of Low Pressure (L) is?
Blue
This element can be found in thermometers?
Mercury
Arid or Semiarid is associated with which climate?
Dry
What is the shape of the Earth?
Oblate Spheroid
What is the order of the atmospheric layers?
1) Troposphere
2) Stratosphere
3) Mesosphere
4) Thermosphere
5) Exosphere
Wind is usually light and blows in a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere?
Anticyclone
This is the absolute coldest temperature an object can be?
Absolute Zero
How long does a region's weather or conditions need to be before it becomes it's climate?
30 years