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Atmosphere
Water cycle & Heat
Clouds
Air Masses & Fronts
Misc.
100
The layer closest to the Earth's surface
What is the Troposhpere
100
Water turning to a vapor and rising into the atmosphere
What is Evaporation
100
Water vapor cools and forms clouds through this process
What is condensation
100
dry air form over this
What is land
100
Airplanes usually fly in this layer of the atmosphere
What is the stratosphere
200
The ozone layer is found here
What is the stratosphere
200
The sun transfers heat to earth through this
What is radiation
200
puffy clouds
What are cumulus
200
maritime air masses form over this
What is oceans
200
The last layer of the atmosphere
What is the exosphere
300
The layer between the Troposphere and the Stratosphere
What is the Tropopause
300
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is Precipitation
300
the prefix of middle level clouds
What is Alto-
300
A cold air mass moves in and pushes up warm air producing thunderstorms
What is a cold front
300
the moisture and temperature of this air mass: cT
What is Dry and warm
400
Temperatures in the Thermosphere ________ as you go up
What is Drop
400
Heat is transferred through water or air molecules
What is convection
400
These massive clouds usually produce severe weather
What are cumulonimbus clouds
400
the first sign of a warm front moving in
What are cirrus clouds
400
Scientists believe that our earth is warming up due to this
What is global warming, pollution, burning fossil fuels
500
The layer between the Mesosphere and the Stratosphere
What is the Stratopause
500
Heat is transferred by physically touching the source
What is conduction
500
high flat clouds
What are cirrostratus
500
Two cold air masses converge and push up warm air
What is an occluded front
500
The former Vice-President who wrote a book about the dangers of global warming
Who is Al Gore