Clouds and Layers
These make up clouds
What is water vapor and dust particles?
The Earth's rotation makes the wind curve.
What is the Coriolis effect?
The symbol for a cold front is a blue curved line with these shapes on it
What is are triangles?
I measure the speed of wind
What is a anemometer?
The severity of a hurricane is ranked uses these on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
What are numbers?
We live in this atmospheric layer.
What is the troposphere?
This symbol is shown on a weather map -
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What is clear weather?
A curved red line with semi-circles on it is the symbol this type of weather.
What is a warm front?
if you have a fever or to measure the temperature of the air, use me.
What is a thermometer?
I am a big storm that gets my energy from warm ocean waters.
What is a hurricane?
This layer is where meteors burn up.
What is the mesosphere?
Warm air rises over the land, moves to the ocean/sea, then back to the land again.
What is an ocean/sea breeze?
mT
What is maritime tropical?
Use this to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
The most common gas in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
These clouds form and make big thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
During a hurricane, this produces most of the damage and can cause people to drown.
What is a storm surge or flooding?
A pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
What is stationary front?
This person uses tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
This is the trait a gas has that contributes to the green house effect.
What is trapping heat??
A type of cloud that appears as a low gray blanket covering the sky.
What is stratus?
Differences in temperature and elevation make this happen for local winds.
What are mountain and valley breezes?
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
What is an air mass?
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it
What is a rain gauge?
The gas that has the ability to trap heat in the atmosphere.
What is ozone?