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Instruments
Atmospheric Layers
Vocabulary
James Spann
Wild Card
100
used to indicate the direction from which wind is blowing
What is weather vanes?
100
the mixture of gases that surroundes Earth
What is atmosphere?
100
scientists who study weather are
What is meterorologists?
100
Weather systems move from ___to _____.
What is west to east?
100
_____ air masses form over water and are usually moist
What is maritime?
200
is used to measure air pressure
What is barometer?
200
the outermost layer of atmosphere and the first part that is struck by sunlight
What is thermosphere?
200
a huge volume of air responsible for certain types of weather in a give area
What is air mass?
200
A cold front is indicated by
What is blue lines with triangles?
200
Nitrogen and _____ make up the majority of Earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen?
300
is used to measure temperature
What is thermometer?
300
the layer of the atmosphere that is above the stratosphere
What is mesosphere?
300
the liquid compnent of the Earth
What is hydrosphere?
300
Sunny weather is usually associated with _____pressure systems
What is high?
300
Tropical air masses form at a _____and are generally very warm
What is low latitude?
400
are used to collect the amount of rain,snow, sleet or hail
What is rain gauges?
400
the layer of the atmosphere that is closest to the Earth where almost all weather occurs
What is Troposphere?
400
the portion of the Earth that includes the Earth's interior, rocks and minerals, landforms and the process that shape the Earth's surface
What is geosphere?
400
A warm air front is when a ____ air mass moves in over a ____ air mass.
What is warm air mass, cold air mass
400
Clouds, heavy rain, and thunderstorms are produced along ________fronts
What is cold front?
500
is used to measure wind speed
What is anemometer?
500
The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere taht contains most of the Earth's ozone is the
What is Stratosphere?
500
a narrow region between two air masses that have different properties
What is a front?
500
A warm front is indicated by...
What is red line with red semi-circles?
500
A stationary front is indicated by....
What is a red and blue line with red semi circles and blue triangles