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Atmosphere
Fronts
Storms
Instruments
Misc.
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The number of layers in the Earth's atmosphere
What is four?
100
Cold air mass moves into a warm air mass
What is a cold front?
100
The calmest part in a hurricane
What is the eye of a hurricane?
100
Thermometer
What is used to measure temperature?
100
The beginning stage of a hurricane in which winds are less than 40 mph.
What is a tropical depression.
200
Temperatures in this layer are extremely high, but it doesn't "feel" hot because of the few air molecules.
What is the thermosphere?
200
One of the first signs that a warm front is on the way
What are high cirrus clouds?
200
Most often occurs in the afternoon
What is a thunderstorm?
200
Daily weather recordings are capable by releasing 1,000 per day.
What is a weather balloon?
200
Air brought by tropical maritime air
What is warm and moist?
300
Ozone, a protectant of ultraviolet rays from the sun for humans, is found here; jets also avoid storms while flying in this layer.
What is the stratosphere?
300
Produce long periods of light precipitation
What is a stationary front?
300
Caused by the heat of lightning, which expanded the air and formed sound waves.
What is a thunder clap?
300
Able to measure accurately to 13 cm showing a picture of atmospheric conditions across the country
What is a weather satellite?
300
A large body of air that has the same characteristics throughout
What is an air mass?
400
I am home to burning meteors, leaving what is seen as shooting stars.
What is the mesosphere?
400
In an occluded front the heavy precipitation from the cold front changes to light rain falling steadily.
What happens when a warm air mass gets trapped above two cool air masses?
400
Over land this happens to a hurricane.
What is weaken?
400
Shows recent weather conditions across a large area
What is a weather map?
400
Caused by uneven heating by the sun
What is wind?
500
I contain three-fourths of the atmosphere by weight and is where Earth's weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
500
I am a front.
What is the border between two air masses that collide?
500
Used to predict when conditions that produce tornadoes are present.
What is Doppler radar?
500
Uses symbols to allow meteorologists across the world to compare weather conditions.
What is a station model?
500
The sun's rays hit the earth at 90 degrees.
Where is the equator?