Layers of the Atmosphere
This layer of the atmosphere plays destroys asteroids / meteors that threaten Earth
What is Mesosphere?
What is Fossil Fuel?
What is the equator / tropical zone?
This tool detects changes in air temperature.
Thermometer
This type of cloud usually accompanies thunderstorms.
What is a cumulonimbus?
What is the Troposphere?
The gases produced by burning fossil fuels lead to a __________ in the temperature on planet Earth?
What is "increase"?
Cold air masses that form at the top or bottom of the globe are called
This tool detects changes in wind speed.
What is anemometer?
This step of the water cycle involves water in lakes, rivers, and oceans turning into gas.
The stratosphere contains this special area that absorbs dangerous UV radiation from the sun.
What is the Ozone layer?
CO2
This type of pressure system sucks air up into the sky, often resulting in storms and similar weather.
Barometer
When water vapor is released from plants and the breath of animals on Earth we call it
Transpiration
Most layers of the atmosphere show decreases in temperature as you go higher in altitude. Not this one!
What is the Thermosphere?
Water vapor, CO2 (carbon dioxide), and methane make up a very small percentage of the Earth's atmosphere, but they contribute to a big phenomenon called:
What is the Greenhouse effect?
When two air masses collide together they make this: a boundary where severe weather often occurs
What is a front?
A device that can collect precipitation to determine how much fell.
Rain gauge
Condensation
The majority of the Earth's atmosphere is made out of this gas.
What is Nitrogen?
This would occur if there were too few greenhouse gases on Earth.
What is global cooling / freezing / decrease?
What is a cold front?
This tool can detect changes in humidity.
What is a hygrometer?
If a cloud covers the sky like a big gray blanket and brings rain but no storms, it's most likely
Stratus