Atmosphere
Calm Areas and Wind Belts
Storms
Air Masses
Miscellaneous
100
A layer of the atmosphere where jet streams are found and complex wind systems.
What is the stratosphere?
100
This is the way the earth's rotation makes the winds curve.
What is the coriolis effect?
100
This is a fast moving front.
What is a cold front?
100
This is labeled A and C.
What is maritime polar?
100
A low pressure system formed over warm ocean water produces this massive storm.
What is a hurricane?
200
The layer of the atmosphere in which weather is found.
What is the troposphere?
200
These are found near the equator where the hot air rises and replaced by cold air, but the cold air is heated quickly so there is not much horizontal movement.
What are the doldrums?
200
This causes cloudy or rainy weather for days because it is not moving.
What is a stationary front?
200
This air mass brings warm humid air from the Gulf of Mexico to the United States.
What is maritime tropical?
200
This type of weather is associated with high pressure.
What is a clear, sunny day?
300
The layer of the atmosphere where satellites and the space station is found.
What is the thermosphere?
300
The direction winds curve if they are moving from the north.
What is right?
300
The two types of air masses that collide and cause tornadoes or severe weather.
What is maritime tropical and continental polar?
300
This air mass brings cold air from Canada to the central and eastern United States.
What is continental polar?
300
The type of air in a convection current that is high density, high pressure.
What is cold air?
400
The layer of the atmosphere which is the coldest layer.
What is the mesosphere?
400
These are caused by the uneven heating of the land and the sea.
What are global winds?
400
This is the change in density due to the heat of the air and ground causes the horizontal winds to become vertical.
What is a tornado?
400
This air mass is labeled 'E' on the image below.
What is continental tropical?
400
This is the direction that air masses move.
What is West to East?
500
These are the layers of the atmosphere from closest to the earth to farthest from the earth.
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere?
500
The wind belt that greatly affects the United States.
What are the prevailing westerlies?
500
This type of pressure is the cause of severe weather and happens when the air is warmed up.
What is low pressure?
500
This type of air mass is from the Atlantic Ocean and is often pushed out to sea by westerly winds.
What is maritime polar?
500
This is how a severe storm, tornado or hurricane is formed. (Air system, movement and direction)
What is a low pressure system where the warm moist air rises moves counter-clockwise?