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The most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
100
This measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
Liquid water becomes gaseous water.
What is evaporation?
100
This causes uneven heating of the earth.
What is the Earth's tilt on its axis?
100
These bring storms to an area.
What is a low pressure system?
200
The layer of the atmosphere that is lowest or closet to the Earth.
What is troposphere?
200
This measures wind speed.
What is anemometer?
200
Warm air rises, expands and condenses.
What is the formation of a cloud?
200
Tropical, Temperate, Polar, Desert
What are climate zones?
200
When there is no horizontal movement and two are masses remain in one place for days.
What is a stationary front.
300
The protective layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
300
Line of equal pressure on a weather map.
What are isobars?
300
The ocean contains 97.2%.
What is the worlds water supply?
300
Climates at higher elevations have theses two qualities.
What is generally colder and dryer?
300
When warm air rises and expands and then cooler are sinks and moves in.
What is a convention current?
400
As altitude increase pressure will...because...
What is decrease due to the air molecules spread farther apart?
400
Measures the kinetic energy of the molecules in the air.
What is a thermometer?
400
Water soaks into the ground through infiltration, replenishing aquifers and ground water.
What is rain water?
400
The conditions year after year of weather in an area or region.
What is climate?
400
Air masses that originate in the north and move over the ocean.
What are polar maritime air masses?
500
The mesosphere increases in temperature as altitude increases due to this .
What is the ozone layer?
500
Tools meteorologists use to collect weather data from space.
What are weather satellites?
500
The continuous motion of water on Earth as it moves between the atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere.
What is water cycle?
500
Climate is affected by these three factors.
What are ocean currents, trade winds, the ability of oceans to hold a great amount of heat?
500
A common climate classification system used by meteorologists and climatologists that is based on temperatures and precipitation.
What is the Koeppen Climate Classification System?