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Atmosphere
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Weather Forecast
Air Mass
Weather stuff
100
This gas makes up 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen
100
Clouds are made of these two ingredients.
What are tiny dust particles and water vapor.
100
A __________ front forms when cold air moves in and warm air is pushed upward.
What is cold front
100
A continental tropical air mass will be _________ and ______.
What is hot and dry
100
The condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time in terms of temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, and water is called?
What is Weather
200
The air pressure at the top of Mt. McKinley would be ____________ than the air pressure at sea level.
What is lower
200
A person that studies the science that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere, especially weather and weather conditions
What is a meteorologist
200
Winds will move toward an area of _______ pressure.
What is low
200
A maritime polar air mass will be __________ and __________.
What is cold and wet
200
The long term record of temperature, precipitation, and wind for a region is:
What is climate
300
This tool is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is barometer
300
A _______________ is a whirling mass of cool, dry air that generally brings fair weather and light winds.
What is high pressure system
300
A _____________ front is a boundary between two air masses that more or less doesn’t move.
What is a stationary front.
300
A large body of air that has the same characteristics throughout and is advancing or moving is called _____________________
What is an air mass
300
___________________ measures the amount of water vapor for the temperature.
What is the relative humidity
400
If an area has low air pressure will it have lower or higher wind speeds?
What is higher
400
A storm is made of what type of clouds?
cumulonimbus
400
A ___________ is represented as a red line with half circles pointing toward the direction of movement. warmfront
What is warm front
400
In the U.S we have what type of wind patterns?
What are Westerlies.
400
The 3 ways the Sun's heat moves through the atmosphere to reach Earth's surface are?
Radiation, convection, conduction
500
Name the layers of the atmosphere starting with the layer closest to the Earth.
They are troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
500
____________ is produced by the uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun.
What is wind
500
This type of front is capable of producing violent storms as it moves through.
What is a cold front
500
Air warmed by the surface of the Earth tends to _____________.
What is rise.
500
The symbol for a ______________ front is a purple line with semicircles and triangles along one side of it.
What is an occluded front.