Atmosphere
What are the two most abundant gases in the Earth's Atmosphere.
What is....Oxygen and Nitrogen.
What body gives energy to drive our weather systems?
What is... The sun
What are the four different fronts?
What is...Cold, Warm, Stationary, and Occluded fronts.
Why do we use weather tools?
What is... To help us predict the weather and adapt to changes.
What is a storm?
What is ... A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
This material makes up 21 percent of the Earth's Atmosphere.
What is ....Oxygen.
What happens when two Air Masses meet?
What is... They come together but do not mix.
Air masses are moved by what forces?
What is ... Prevailing Westerlies & Jet Streams.
What are weather maps?
What's is... Weather models that show weather conditions at a particular time over a large area.
What do hurricanes need to form?
What is... Moist, warm, ocean water.
The force that causes global currents and sea breezes.
What is... unequal heating/ The sun.
Define weather balloon.
What is... An instrument that records data from high into the atmosphere where humans can't reach.
What does it mean when an air mass is continental tropical?
What is .... Dry (Continental/ formed over land) & warm (Tropical/ low air pressure) air masses.
Define Meteorologist.
What is... Someone who studies and predicts weather.
What issues can heavy snow cause?
What is... block roads, trap people in homes, and cause pipes to burst.
What is the relationship between the air pressure and altitude.
What is... higher altitude = lower air pressure.
A cold front brings what kind of weather?
What is... abrupt severe weather like thunderstorms, heavy rain, and tornadoes.
What does it mean when an air mass is Maritime Polar?
What is .... Wet (Maritime/ formed over sea) & Cold (Polar high air pressure) air masses.
True or false: While technology has gotten better no forecaster will be 100 percent accurate.
What is ... True.
Why are floods so destructive?
What is ... water remains for a long time and often times doesn't run off quickly.
The what are the four main layers in the atmosphere the CORRECT order.
What is....Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere.
Describe, IN DETAIL, what a stationary, occluded, cold, and warm front is.
What is...
Stationary- Neither front moves.
Occluded- Two cold fronts trap a warm front.
Cold- A cold air mass pushes up a warm one.
Warm- A warm air mass advances on a retreating cold one.
What is a cyclone?
What is....a swirling center of low air pressure.
What is a weather satellite?
What is ... Machines that orbit high above the earth that collect data and images of Earth's surface and atmosphere.
Why does lighting happen?
What is ... Positive (+) and Negative (-) charges build up and jump around inside a thunderhead/ cloud.