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What is the atmosphere?
The relatively thin envelope of gases that forms Earth's outer most layer
What is an air mass?
A huge body of air that has similar temperature humidity, and air pressure given height
What is a warm front?
When a warmer air mass overtakes a slower, cold, air mass
When is Christmas?
December 25th
True or False
Snakes can predict hurricanes
False
Which sphere is the frozen component of the hydrosphere?
Cryosphere
What can colliding air masses form?
The four types of fronts
What is a stationary front?
True or False
Was tinsel originally made with gold?
False
It was made with real silver
Yes
Which sphere can you find meteors?
Mesosphere
Continental Polar, Maritime Polar, Continental Tropical, and Maritime Tropical
How is an occluded front shown on a map?
With purple triangles and semi-circles
True or False
Did the song Jingle Bells go to space?
True
Which is more likely to get struck by lightening
A giraffe or human?
Giraffe
What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere
How do air masses move?
Commonly moved by the prevailing westerlies and jet streams
Which front brings many days of clouds and precipitation?
Stationary front
How many years does it take for an average Christmas tree to grow?
15 years
True or False
Your brain constantly eats itself
Which layer do satellites orbit?
Exosphere
How is the continental polar?
Cold and dry
Which front brings weather such as heavy rains and wind, as well as thunderstorms?
Cold front
How old is Santa?
1,743 years old!
True or False
A cloud weighs less than a million tons
False
It weighs around a million tons