The Evolution of the Atmosphere
The earliest atmosphere was composed of this.
What is hydrogen and helium?
Energy responsible for heat traveling from the sun.
What is radiation?
The direction wind blows across North America.
What is from West to East?
These tools measure wind speed, pressure, relative humidity, and temperature.
What are anemometer, barometer, psychrometer, and thermometer?
This is the location where hurricanes that affect the United States form.
What is off the West Coast of Africa?
After the formation of the moon, this is how the atmosphere formed.
What is Volcanic Activity?
Day to day temperatures of a location.
What is weather?
The wind that moves from the sea to land.
What is a sea breeze?
These lines show equal areas of pressure.
What are isobars?
In the northern hemisphere this is the rotation of tornadoes.
What is counter-clockwise?
These are the layers of the atmosphere.
What are Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, and Troposphere.
Energy transfer responsible for heating air close to the ground.
What is conduction?
Thunderstorms and tornadoes are formed from these clouds.
What are cumulonimbus?
The four factors that affect climate.
What are latitude, oceans, mountains, and elevation?
This pressure system is always associated with hurricanes.
What is a low pressure system?
This is what our atmosphere composed of today.
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
The yearly average temperatures of a location.
What is climate.
This happens when water vapor reaches the dew point.
What is it condenses to form liquid water?
A warm up and long periods of rain are associated with this weather front.
What is a warm front?
This happens as a hurricane approaches landfall.
What is it begins to lose strength?
The activities that can cause change to the atmosphere.
What are volcanic activity, burning fossil fuels, CFC's, or meteor impacts?
Energy transfer responsible for rising air and wind.
What is convection?
Liquid water droplets form when it is in the air.
What is condensation nuclei?
A quick burst of precipitation or thunderstorm then a drop in temperature is this type of weather front.
What is a cold front?
The form of energy transfer that causes most all weather occurrences.
What is convection?