Layers of the Atmosphere
The is the layer that forms the boundary with outer space.
What is the exosphere,
This layer of the atmosphere is the closest to the ground.
What is the troposphere?
This weather instrument typically measures in degrees Fahrenheit or degrees celsius.
What is a thermometer?
The movement of air caused by differences in pressure.
What is wind?
This gas makes up approximately 78% of the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This layer of the atmosphere is not very dense, but reaches the highest temperatures.
What is the thermosphere?
This layer of the atmosphere is typically where meteor burn up.
What is the mesosphere?
This weather instrument measures the effect of the weight of air.
What is a barometer?
This device measures the direction of the wind.
What is a wind vane.
This instrument gathers data in the upper atmosphere and is carried upward by a weather balloon.
What is a radiosonde?
The name of this layer comes from the fact that it is the "middle" layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
Planes typically fly in the lower part of this layer.
What is the stratosphere?
When the wind is reported as being SW, what does that tell you?
Where the wind is coming from.
This is what causes our winds to curve.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
This is the layer of the atmosphere where our weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
What is the thermosphere?
Warm air _______ and cold air _________.
What is RISES and SINKS.
In what area of the globe is the "ozone hole" found?
What is near Antarctica?
This is the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
The ozone layer, found in the stratosphere, helps protect us from this radiation.
What are UV rays?
PSI, millibars and inches of mercury are all units of measurement for this.
What is pressure?
Wind is air moving from areas of _____________ pressure to areas of ____________ pressure.
What is HIGH and LOW?
This is a metric temperature scale that does not have negative values and zero on this scale is called Absolute Zero.
What is the Kelvin scale.