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VOCAB
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
AIR AND WEATHER
WEATHER PREDICTION
CHALLENGE
100
The layer of air that surrounds our planet
What is atmosphere?
100
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere
What are the 4 layers of the atmosphere
100
four-tenths of this warms land and oceans
What is the sun?
100
Scientists that study and measure weather conditions
What is a meteorologist?
100
The constant recycling of water
What is the water cycle?
200
All the particles of air pressing down on the surface cause this
What is air pressure?
200
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth
What is the troposphere?
200
When a cold front meets a warm front, these two types of precipitation occurs
What is rain and snow?
200
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
200
Drops of water stay in the air until they get bigger and fall to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
300
When the atmosphere traps heat near the earth's surface
What is the greenhouse effect?
300
The coldest layer of the atmosphere
What is the mesosphere?
300
this is when sometimes a front stops moving
What is a stationary front?
300
Air pressure is measured with this instrument
What is a barometer?
300
When water rises to the air as water vapor
What is evaporation?
400
When two air masses meet and don't mix, but instead they form a border
What is a front?
400
The hottest, outermost layer of the atmosphere
What is thermosphere?
400
This type of storm occurs along a cold front
What is a thunderstorm?
400
Wind speed is measured with this instrument
What is an anemometer?
400
When water vapor rises, cools, and changes from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
500
Huge bodies of air that can cover thousands of kilometers
What is an air mass?
500
The layer just above most weather, where most planes like to fly
What is the stratosphere?
500
The 2 properties of air mass
What is temperature and moisture?
500
Meteorologists study charts and maps to help predict weather patterns
What is how do charts and maps help meteorologists?
500
Contains water, salts, and other dissolved substances
What is ocean water?