Surface Weather Map Features
This type of front is colored blue and has shaded triangles indicating it's direction of motion
What is a cold front?
This is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere
Heat is transferred from the ground to the atmosphere in this way
What is conduction?
If there were no greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the average temperature would be this
What is 0 deg F?
This type of front is colored red and has shaded semicircles indicating it's direction of motion
What is a warm front?
This pressure system contains calm skies and is symbolized by a capital letter that is colored blue
What is high pressure?
This is the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere
What is oxygen?
This type of heat directly causes temperature change
What is sensible heat?
This is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere
What is water vapor?
This is the most common anthropogenic greenhouse gas
What is carbon dioxide?
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What is CO2?
When a cold front catches up to a warm front, the new merged feature is called this type of front
What is an occluded front?
This gas can be both beneficial and a pollutant, depending upon where it is located
What is ozone?
What is convection?
This curve measures CO2 concentrations in Hawaii and is widely studied as a measure of global average carbon dioxide levels
What is the Keeling Curve
This is the most dense layer of the atmosphere
What is the troposphere?
This pressure system contains cloudy skies and precipitation, and is symbolized by a capital letter that is colored red
What is a low pressure system?
The concentration of this gas is not constant, and instead varies according to a number of different variables, including temperature
What is water vapor?
This type of heat causes matter to change phase
What is latent heat?
Name two natural sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide
What are respiration and volcanic eruptions?
This solstice occurs in June in the Southern hemisphere.
What is winter?
What is a stationary front?
This type of trace gas was globally banned by international treaty for damaging the ozone layer
What are CFCs?
The Sun heats the ground through this process
What is radiation?
This greenhouse gas is often emitted by landfills
What is methane?
Temperature increases with height in these two layers of the atmosphere
What are the stratosphere and the thermosphere?