Weather
Severe Weather
Potpourri
Air
Atmosphere
200
Draw and label the cold and warm front symbols.
Cold fronts: triangles
Warm fronts: half circles
200
This Cloud tells you a thunderstorm is on its way.
Cumulonimbus
200
Approximately what percent of energy from the sun is absorbed at the surface?
About 50% (exactly 51%)
200
Air pressure decreases as the altitude...
increases
200
The first layer of the atomsphere that we live in
What is the trophosphere
400
These are 3 things that can determine weather on a daily basis
temperature of the air, the air pressure and amount of moisture in the air (humidity)
400
This has rain and lightning and is formed over land that is strongly heated.
Thunderstorm
400
Gasses that help trap infrared radiation inside our planet, which keeps our planet from freezing (this is a general term, you don't need to name specific gasses)
Greenhouse gasses
400
To create convection currents, hotter air _____ while colder air ____
What is rises and sinks
400
The layer of the atompshere that has the ozone layer in it
What is the stratosphere
600
What conditions would result from a low pressure system moving into an area?
warmer, cloudy and rainy
600
This can flood and damage homes due to strong winds and rain. It forms over warm, tropical waters and has a calm "eye" at the center.
Hurricane
600
This acts as a shield to block out most UV radiation from the sun.
Ozone Layer
600
Land heats up and cools down ______________ than water.
Faster
600
The layer of the atomsphere that is the hottest and has the international space station
What is the thermoshpere
800
This cyclical process which is movement of air masses or water due to warming up and cooling down.
convection currents
800
These might happen during a severe thunderstorm. They appear as a rotating column of wind, going down from the clouds in a funnel shape, until they touch the ground.
Tornado
800
The long-term pattern of temperatures and precipitation in a certain region
climate
800
Cold air sinks, creating areas of this type of air pressure
High pressure
800
This atmospheric layer is the coldest layer and is where most meteors burn up.
What is the mesosphere
1000
The type of weather expected if a high pressure system is moving in to an area of low pressure
sunny and warm
1000
An area that has not experienced precipitation for a long period of time.
What is a drought
1000
Seeing L and H on a weather map would represent what type of measurement?
air pressure
1000
The weather resulting from the meeting of a cold front moving into an area that is currently warm
Short, intense thunderstorms.
1000
The gas which is most abundant in the atomsphere
What is nitrogen