Earth's Atmosphere
They layer in which weather is found
What is the troposphere?
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time
What is weather?
Visible masses of water droplets or ice crystals that float in the Earth's atmosphere
What are clouds?
The three main types of heat transfer
What are convection, conduction, and radiation?
When a colder, denser air mass displaces warmer air
What is a cold front?
The layer in which meteors appear
What is the mesosphere?
A scientist who studies weather
What is a meteorologist?
Commonly known as thunderclouds
The transfer of heat through direct contact between materials
What is conduction?
Where neither air mass (warm or cold) displaces the other, can lead to thunderstorm formation over an extended period
What is a stationary front?
Also known as the Northern and Southern lights
What are auroras?
The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
What is humidity?
When water droplets or ice crystals become too heavy to stay suspended in the air
What is rain or snow?
The transfer of heat in liquids and gases
What is convection?
Hurricanes in the Indian Ocean
What are cyclones?
The layer of atmosphere where the satellites are located
What is the exosphere?
What is relative humidity?
A stratus cloud that forms at or near the ground, reducing visibility
What is fog?
The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
Hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean
What are typhoons?
The layer of atmosphere where commercial airplanes typically fly
What is the lower stratosphere?
Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Classified as "high clouds"
What are cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus?
The heat you feel from the Sun
What is radiation?
The most dangerous part of the hurricane
What is the eyewall?