Layers of Atmosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere is the only layer to contain life, all weather occurs, has the most mass, and is made up of about 75% (3/4) Nitrogen?
What is the troposphere?
What type of front has a cold air mass quickly moving under a warm air mass, thunderstorms, and snow & on a weather map is shown with triangles on one side?
What is a cold front?
What type of weather is associated with an anti-cyclone?
What is dry and clear weather?
What type of air mass is formed over water and at the poles and brings in wet and cold weather?
What is maritime polar (mP)?
Land breezes occur during which time of day?
What is night?
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer and planes fly here?
What is the Stratosphere?
What type of front has a warm air mass gradually moving over a cold air mass, clouds, and gentle rain & on a weather map is shown with half circles on one side?
What is a warm front?
What types of waters do hurricanes get their source of power from?
What are warm, tropical ocean waters?
What type of air mass is formed over water and at the equator and brings in wet and warm weather?
What is maritime tropical (mT)?
Which directions do winds blow and what causes wind?
What is from an area of high air pressure to an area of low air pressure and the uneven heating of Earth?
Which layer of the atmosphere is coldest and meteors burn up here?
What is the Mesosphere?
What type of front brings several days of rain, snow, fog, or clouds because it STALLS (little or no movement) & on a weather map is shown with triangles on one side and half circles on the other?
What is a Stationary Front?
What is one difference between a cyclone and an anti-cyclone?
What is the direction of their winds?
What type of air mass is formed over land and at the poles and brings in dry and cold weather?
What is continental polar (cP)?
What does the Coriolis Effect do and what is it caused by?
What does causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere and is caused by Earth's rotation?
Which layer of the atmosphere is the hottest, contains the auroras, radio waves travel freely here, and satellites orbit in this layer?
What is the Thermosphere?
What type of front is cutoff by 2 cold fronts and has a lot of rain or snow in a short period of time & on a weather map is shown with triangles and half circles on the same side?
What is an occluded front?
What is a tornado?
What is a localized violently destructive wind storm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending towards the ground?
What type of air mass is formed over land and at the equator and brings in dry and warm weather?
What is continental tropical (cT)?
Which cools and heats faster? (land or water)
What is land?
Which layer of the atmosphere reflects radio waves back to Earth and contains (has) the auroras?
What is the Ionosphere?
What is the transfer of energy (heat) through space by electromagnetic waves?
What is radiation?
What type of energy transfer is through touch?
What type of energy transfer is through circulation?
What is conduction & convection?
What is the term for the amount of water vapor in the air?
What is humidity?
Describe the process of the unequal heating for a sea breeze.
What is warm air rising over land; cool air falling over the ocean creating convection currents during the day.