a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other gases in the atmosphere is called
What is air?
100
the layer of the earth where weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
100
the condition of the atmosphere at any moment in time
What is weather?
100
any type of moisture that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation?
100
the difference between a weather watch and a weather warning
What is watch(conditions are right for a storm)
Warning(storm has begun, eye witnesses have reported seeing a form of severe weather)
200
provides the air we breathe, protection from extreme weather differences, and lets in the right amount of energy from the sun
What is the atmosphere?
200
the upper part of the stratosphere that is a form of oxygen, protects the surface of the earth from the sun's harmful rays
What is the ozone layer?
200
when two unlike air masses meet, the boundary between the masses is called this
What is a front?
200
when droplets in the clouds join together to form larager droplets
What is rain?
200
occurs when a large, swift-moving warm air mass meets a cold air mass
What is a thunderstorm?
300
the weight of the air
What is air pressure?
300
meteors heading toward earth burn up here
What is the mesosphere?
300
these move in large, circular belts around the earth, and are caused by the uneven heating of the earth
What are global winds?
300
usually falls during warm weather
What is hail?
300
a storm with spiraling winds that forms over the ocean
What is a hurricane?
400
the measurement of the distance above sea level
What is altitude?
400
many of our weather and communication satellites are located here
What is the thermosphere?
400
these are influenced by temperature changes in a small area or place
What is local winds?
400
a form of this word is added to the name of clouds to indicate that it produces precipitation
What is nimbus?
400
list 5 types of severe weather
What is tornado, hurricane(typhoon), heat wave, blizzard, thunderstorm
500
an instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
500
layer farthest away from the earth, it gradually fades into space
What is the exosphere?
500
the difference between an anemometer and a wind vane
What is anemometer measures the speed of wind, and wind vane measures the direction from which it is blowing?
500
three types of clouds and their differences
What is stratus(flat blankets of clouds, lowest in sky)
cumulus(large fluffy clouds, flat bottoms)
cirrus(thin, curly-looking clouds, high in troposphere)