Layers Of the Atmosphere
Tides
Waves
Vocabulary
Clouds
100
Which layer do we live in?
trophospere
100
What tide is the lowest?
Neap tide
100
Does the waves get smaller, bigger, or Same size the closer it gets to the shore?
Smaller
100
What does conduction mean?
When heat moves from one object to another
100
What does a cumulus cloud look like?
It is big and fluffy like cotton.
200
which layer has the ozone layer?
Stratospere
200
Which tide is the highest?
Spring Tide
200
How do tsunamis occur?
When a earthquake happens under water?
200
What does radiation mean?
the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles that cause ionization
200
What does a status cloud look like?
Many layers
300
Which Tide is where the moon and sun line up in a right angle?
Spring Tide
300
How do waves move?
When air blows over water
300
What does convection mean?
the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
300
What Cirrus cloud look like?
Wispy and feathery
400
which layer does the precipitation come from?
Trophospere
400
Which tide is where the sun and moon line up in a straight line?
Neap tide
400
What is a wave?
Water that moves energy
400
What does altitude mean?
the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
400
What are nimbostratus?
They produce drizzle and snow.
500
Which layer is earth's satellite in?
Exosphere
500
Which has a stronger gravitational pull on the earths tides? Moon or Sun
Moon
500
What way does the particles in waves move?
Up and down
500
what is pressure?
The force pushing on an area or surface
500
What do cumulonimbus produce?
Thunderstorms