Fronts
What type of front do we get when cold air collides with warm air?
Cold Front
Which temperature of air is more dense?
Cold or Cool Air
What is the most common storm?
Thunderstorm
What is it called when water enters the atmosphere from a body of water?
Evaporation
Satellites orbit the earth in this layer of the atmosphere.
Thermosphere
What type of front is it when a warm air mass catches up to a cold air mass and rises over it?
Warm Front
What kind of weather is associated with a High pressure system?
Sunny weather with low humidity
Which storm is in the shape of a funnel?
Tornado
This falls to the ground in many forms, such as rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
Precipitation
This layer of the atmosphere is closest to the surface of the earth.
Troposphere
Which front involves three air masses?
Occluded Fronts
What pressure system brings thunderstorms?
Low pressure
What is the weakest part of a hurricane?
The eye or the center is the weakest part of a hurricane.
When water vapor cools in the sky and begins to form clouds, it's called ________________.
Condensation
This layer of the atmosphere protects us from meteors?
Mesosphere
Which type of front has two air masses colliding with neither of them moving?
Stationary Front
How does air move when it comes to pressure?
High pressure to low pressure
What are the 2 main winter storms?
Blizzards and snowstorms.
When gravity has the water move downhill into streams, lakes, etc it is called ____________?
Runoff
Ozone is in this layer of the atmosphere.
Stratosphere
Which color and symbol is used for a cold front on a weather map?
Blue triangles
What is created when air moves?
Wind
What do they call storms that originate in the ocean?
Tropical storms
What is it called when water enters the atmosphere from the leaves of trees and other plants?
Evapotranspiration or Transpiration
This is the most common gas in the atmosphere.
Nitrogen