Humidity & Air Pressure
A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is Humidity?
This is the Middle layer of the atmosphere.
What is the Mesosphere?
Clouds that have a puffy, cotton-like defined shape.
What are Cumulus clouds?
This type of precipitation is made of frozen ice crystals.
What is Snow?
Ms. V.'s favorite topic that we've covered this unit.
The weight of the air above pushing down on a certain area.
What is Air Pressure?
This is the Second layer of the atmosphere which contains the ozone layer.
What is the Stratosphere?
Clouds often found in long, flat layered sheets.
What are Stratus clouds?
This type of precipitation is liquid rain that freezes when it hits the cold ground.
What is Freezing Rain?
This is the memory trick from class for the Layers of the Atmosphere.
Cloudy days have ______ (increased/decreased) Humidity.
What is increased Humidity?
This is the outermost layer of the atmosphere (think Exiting!).
What is the Exosphere?
Rain/storm clouds that are typically dark gray.
What are Nimbus clouds?
This is the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
What is Wind?
Higher Altitude = _____ (higher/lower) Air Pressure
What is lower Air Pressure?
Sunny days have ______ (increased/decreased) Air Pressure.
What is increased Air Pressure?
This is the lowest layer of the atmosphere where Earth's weather occurs.
What is the Troposphere?
Wispy, curly clouds similar to paint strokes that are found very high in the troposphere.
What are Cirrus clouds?
This is why wind makes it feel colder outside than the actual temperature.
What is Wind Chill?
This is the type of cloud that produces thunderstorms.
What is cumulonimbus?
Air Pressure is measured using this device.
What is a Mercury Barometer?
This is the layer of the atmosphere where auroras and satellites are found.
What is the Thermosphere?
When it's foggy out, you're actually inside of this type of cloud!
What are Stratus clouds?
These are boundaries where air of different temperatures and humidities meet which can cause thunderstorms.
What are Fronts?
This type of precipitation is liquid rain that freezes in midair before reaching the ground.
What is Sleet?