The Atmosphere
Where weather happens and where we live, the lowest layer.
What is the Troposphere?
Freshwater, Saltwater
What are the 2 main types of water?
Movement of water between places
What is a flux?
2 things are clouds mainly made of?
What Is Water droplets, Ice crystals
3 types of precipitation-based weather we mentioned in class?
What is snow, rain, and hail?
Contains the ozone layer that protects us from UV rays
What is the Stratosphere?
Rank the following bodies of water from least salty to saltiest: the Dead Sea, the ocean, and the Great Salt Lake.
Ocean
Great Salt Lake
Dead Sea
Water moving across Earth or falling from the sky
What is flowing/falling?
3 clouds are high-level clouds?
What is Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus?
How likely it is that it will rain
What is Precipitation Probability?
Absorbs radiation and contains auroras
What is the Thermosphere?
The main difference between glaciers and icebergs?
What is Glaciers are on land; icebergs float in water
Precipitation? Is it flux, or flowing/falling?
What is Water falls (flowing/falling)
3 clouds are mid-level clouds?
What is Altocumulus, Altostratus, Nimbostratus?
Leading cause of death in Arizona?
What is Heat/ dehydration?
Outer space boundary; satellites orbit here
What is the Exosphere?
Percentage of the Earth is drinkable water
What is 1%?
Evaporation? Is it flux, or flowing/falling?
What is Liquid → gas (flux)
5 clouds are low-level clouds?
What is Cumulus, Stratus, Stratocumulus, Nimbostratus, Cumulonimbus
How wet the air around us is
What is Humidity Level?
The 5 layers of the atmosphere
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
5 types of fresh water we talked about in class?
Rivers
Streams
Lakes
Ponds
Glaciers
Percolation? Is it flux, or flowing/falling?
What is Water moves through soil (flowing/falling)
This type of cloud is the ONLY cloud that causes hail, thunderstorms, and tornadoes?
What is Cumulonimbus?
5 types of cloud-/particle-based weather we mentioned in class?
What is Fog, tornados, hurricanes, dust storms, haze?