Layers of Atmosphere
The layer closest to Earth's surface (8-18 km).
What is the troposphere?
Three of the four basic cloud forms.
What are stratus, cumulus and cirrus?
Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
The state of the atomosphere at a given time and place.
What is weather?
What are the two main types of winds?
What are local winds and global winds?
This layer sits between the troposphere and mesophere. This layer has an increase in temperature due to the ozone layer trapping heat.
What is the stratosphere?
Puffy clouds that appear to rise up from a flat bottom.
What are cumulus clouds?
This is affected by latitude, bodies of water, winds and ocean currents, and altitude.
What is climate?
The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it. This decreases as you go higher in altitude.
What is air pressure?
This blows on Earth's surface due to the Coriolis Effect (unequal heating of the Earth's surface and the rotation of Earth on its axis).
What is wind?
The layer of gases surrounding Earth is the ___.
What is Earth's atmosphere?
Clouds that form at very high altitudes out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape.
What are cirrus clouds?
This zone or climate is found near the equator, temperatures are high all year. Rainfall is plentiful.
What is the tropical zone/climate?
What are the six elements of weather?
What is atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind, precipitation, clouds, and humidity.
Why do global winds appear to blow along curved paths (to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere)?
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The hottest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere?
Clouds that form in blanketlike layers.
What are stratus clouds?
Western Oregon is found in this climate/zone where there is plenty of rain.
What is the temperate zone/climate?
Cold air moves in under a warm air mass. This type of front often brings brief, heavy storms.
What is cold front?
Which way would an airplane deflect if flying from the North Pole toward the equator?
What is to the right?
Meteors are found in this layer of the atmosphere and the temperature drops.
What is the mesophere?
The cloud type that have vertical development.
What are cumulus OR cumulonimbus?
Alaska is found in a zone/climate that is known for being cold and dark most of the year, with sparse precipitation.
What is the polar zone/climate?
Land heats and cools off faster than water. Give one of the four reasons why (from the lab).
The sun's rays penetrate deeper into the water.
Water can spread the heat more evenly.
Water needs more energy to raise its temperature.
Some of the energy from the water is used to evaporate water from the surface.
Which way would an airplane deflect if flying from the South Pole toward the equator?
What is toward the left?