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Earth's Atmosphere
Weather Prediction
Severe Storms
Planet Earth
Weather Fronts
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This is the layer of the atmosphere where all life exists
What is Troposphere
100
This is a type of instrument used by meteorologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a set period of time.
What is a Rain gauge
100
This causes winds to rush toward hurricane areas
What is Low Pressure system
100
This effect makes storms swirl clockwise in the Southern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Effect
100
The line at which two air masses collide is called a ____________.
What is front
200
The layer of the Earth's Atmosphere that contains ozone
What is Stratosphere
200
As the cups catch the wind, they spin. A dial shows the wind speed. The wind vane swings with the wind and shows wind direction. This weather instrument is.......
What is Anemometer
200
With this type of severe storm meteorologists can give the earliest warning....
What is a hurricane
200
This describes the circulation of winds around Planet Earth
What is Wind Belts
200
Air rises at the __________. Air sinks at the _________.
What is Equator, Poles
300
This is the coldest layer
What is Mesosphere
300
This instrument is a type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth.
What is a weather satellite
300
This rule will help one calculate the distance away a thunderstorm is...
What is "Flash to Bang" rule
300
____________ is caused by the uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun.
What is Wind
300
A large body of air that has the same characteristics throughout......
What is an air mass
400
Manmade satellites orbit the Earth within this layer
What is Exosphere
400
This high altitude sphere carries instruments aloft to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed.
What is a weather balloon
400
The total mass of water vapor present in a given volume of air is...
What is humidity
400
The _________ __________ are the prevailing pattern of surface winds found in the tropics.
What is Trade Winds
400
Sometimes cold and warm air masses meet, but neither has enough force to move the other. They meet in a “standoff!!” This is called a .....
What is Stationary Front
500
The Aurora Borealis occurs within this layer
What is Thermosphere
500
This instrument's ability to detect motion has greatly improved the meteorologist's ability to peer inside thunderstorms and determine if there is rotation in the cloud, often a precursor to the development of tornadoes.
What is Doppler Radar
500
This type of storm can cause a tornado
What is a Super cell thunderstorm
500
A _________ ____________is a dry area on the lee side of the mountain (away from the wind). The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems.
What is a Rain Shadow
500
Death Valley, CA runs along the East side of the Sierra Nevada, only a few hundred kilometers from the Pacific Ocean. Why doesn't it get any precipitation from the Maritime air masses?
What is Mountains block the precipitation because of the Rain Shadow effect.