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Atmosphere
Instruments
Vocabulary
Air Masses/Fronts
Winds/Severe Weather
100
Layer where weather and pollution happen
What is troposphere
100
Measures temperature
What is thermometer
100
Short-term variations in the atmosphere
What is weather
100
Cold, humid (moist) air mass
What is maritime polar
100
Move from eastern hemisphere to western hemisphere between 60-90 degree latitudes
What is polar easterlies
200
Protects us from meteors
What is mesosphere
200
Measures humidity
What is hygrometer
200
Type of forecasting that uses average weather data to compare current conditions
What is analog forecasting
200
When warm air and cold air merge together
What is occluded front
200
Caused by a low pressure system moving across warm ocean waters
What is hurricane
300
Contains the ozone layer, which absorbs UV radiation
What is stratosphere
300
Measures wind
What is anemometer
300
Balloon-borne package of sensors that collect atmosphere conditions
What is radiosonde
300
Type of front that creates thunderstorms
What is cold front
300
Winds that brought people from Europe to Americas
What is trade winds
400
Electrically charged particles in the thermosphere
What is ionosphere
400
Measures pressure
What is barometer
400
Air that moves counter-clockwise and is associated with bad/poor weather conditions
What is low-pressure system
400
Type of air mass found in the southwest of the US
What is continental tropical
400
Uses the Fujita Scale to measure the intensity of this severe weather
What is tornado
500
Most abundant gases in the atmosphere (need both answers for points!!)
What are nitrogen and oxygen
500
Measures height of the clouds
What is ceilometer
500
Used to monitor the amount of rainfall and the direction rain is moving
What is doppler effect
500
Weather conditions associated with a stationary front, when two air masses sit next to each other without moving
What is light winds and precipitation
500
Narrow band of fast moving air in the upper atmosphere
What is jet stream