Meteorology
This gas makes up 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
Where weather events takes place.
What is Troposphere?
This device measures air pressure.
What is Barometer?
Artificial clouds formed from the exhaust of aircraft at high altitudes.
What is a Contrail?
This type of air mass is characterized by cold, dry air and forms over northern land areas like Canada.
What is a Continental Polar Air Mass?
The measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules in the air.
What is Temperature?
The outer layer of the atmosphere, where the satelights are.
What is Exosphere?
This instrument measures the speed of the wind.
What is Anemometer?
These fluffy, white clouds with a flat base are often associated with fair weather, but can grow into larger storm clouds if the atmosphere becomes unstable.
What is Cumulus?
This air mass is typically hot and dry and forms over desert regions like the southwestern United States.
What is a Continental Tropical Air Mass?
This variable refers to the amount of water vapor present in the air.
What is Humidity?
This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer, which absorbs and scatters ultraviolet solar radiation.
What is Stratosphere?
This tool shows the direction of the wind.
What is Weathervane?
These clouds usually covers most of the sky and may produce a drizzle, rain, or snow.
What is Stratus?
This type of front happens when warm air moves over cooler air, often resulting in extended cloud cover and light precipitation.
What is a Warm Front?
This type of weather forecasting provides real-time predictions for the immediate future and is often used for short-term weather events.
What is Nowcasting?
This layer of the atmosphere is where the northern and southern lights (auroras) occur, and temperatures can rise dramatically due to solar radiation.
What is Thermosphere?
The readings on this instrument show the temperature.
What is Thermometer?
Wispy feathery clouds that form at high levels where it is cold. These clouds are made of ice.
What is Cirrus?
This warm, moist air mass forms over tropical oceans and brings humidity and heat to regions it moves over.
What is a Maritime Tropical Air Mass?
This effect causes moving air and ocean currents to be deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, influencing global wind patterns.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
In the middle, Meteors burn up here. Protects the earths surface
What is Mesosphere?
This instrument measures relative humidity.
What is Hygrometer?
These thick, dark clouds cover the sky and are responsible for producing steady, continuous precipitation such as rain, snow, or drizzle.
What is Nimbus/Nimbostratus
This type of front occurs when cold air pushes under warm air, forcing the warm air to rise and often leading to stormy weather.
What is a Cold Front?