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Weather
Atmosphere
Air Quality
Air Pressure
Dangerous Weather
100
This is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind, and air pressure.
What is weather?
100
This is the layer of the atmosphere where our weather occurs (the lowest layer)
What is the troposphere?
100
Air pollution can be local, regional, or....
What is global?
100
As elevation increases (the higher you are), air pressure does this.
What is decreases?
100
This type of dangerous weather is characterized by lots of rain, thunder, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
200
The average weather of a particular part of the world at different times of the year is called this
What is climate?
200
This is the layer where we find the ozone layer. It's also where jets fly through.
What is the stratosphere?
200
An increase in carbon dioxide gas in our atmosphere has caused this destructive phenomenon in which our average temperatures have gone up
What is global warming?
200
This is the instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
This type of dangerous weather is characterized by a spinning tunnel of air
What is a tornado?
300
This is the general term for when rain, snow, sleet, or hail falls from the sky to the ground
What is precipitation?
300
This is the Middle layer of the atmosphere, which also happens to be the coldest layer
What is the mesosphere?
300
Humans have created a hole in this layer
What is the ozone layer?
300
Warm air ____________ and cool air ___________.
What is rises and sinks
300
This type of storm comes from the ocean and has an "eye" in the middle of it.
What is a hurricane?
400
This is the temperature at which water freezes (when it's possible for snow)
What is 32 Degrees Fahrenheit (0 Celsius)
400
This is the highest and hottest layer of the atmosphere, where the Northern Lights occur
What is the thermosphere?
400
These are 2 ways to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning
What is running a car in a closed garage, burning charcoal indoors, running a generator indoors, or burning anything without ventilation?
400
This results from when air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
What is the wind?
400
This type of storm has a lot of snow and wind.
What is a blizzard?
500
This is the fancy term for a "weather man"
What is a meteorologist?
500
The layer of our atmosphere that mixes with outer space
What is the exosphere?
500
These are 2 ways to get skin cancer
What is sunbathing and tanning.
500
This is the force created by the rotation of the Earth.
What is the Coriolis Force?
500
This is what happens when Mr. Brooks gets incredibly angry
What is a "Brooks Blizzard". YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS!!