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Atmosphere Gases
Atmosphere Layers
Energy in Atmosphere
Wind /Clouds
Air Masses and Fronts
100
Nitrogen
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
100
Troposphere
What is the bottom layer of the atmosphere?
100
Name for the energy given off by the sun.
What is electromagnetic radiation?
100
I am a sheet of gray that covers the sky.
What is 'stratus clouds'?
100
Cold air moving beneath warm air.
What is cold front?
200
Oxygen
What gas do we use to release the energy in our food?
200
Stratosphere
What is the layer of the atmosphere above troposphere?
200
Visible Light
What do our eyes see?
200
Fog
What is a cloud at ground level?
200
Warm air moving up onto cold air
What is warm front?
300
Carbon dioxide
What gas do plants use to make sugar?
300
Ionosphere
Where does the aurora borealis occur?
300
I am radiated out of the earth's surface after it absorbs light.
What infrared radiation?
300
I am also called a 'thunder head'.
What is cumulonimbus?
300
A warm and a cold air mass that hit head on but neither one moves.
What is a stationary front?
400
Water vapor
What is gaseous water called?
400
Meteors burn up here
What is the mesosphere?
400
I carry heat throughout the atmosphere as air rises and sinks.
What is convection?
400
In the old days they called these clouds 'mare's tails' because they look like the flowing tail of a horse.
What is cirrus?
400
Warm air is caught between 2 cooler air masses.
What is occluded front?
500
Argon
What is a trace gas whose name begins with 'A'?
500
I am the hottest, and coldest layer.
What is the thermosphere?
500
Celsius
What is the metric unit of temperature?
500
This type of cloud produces rain or snow.
What is nimbostratus?
500
We come from over the ocean and have humid air.
What is maritime air mass?