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Atmosphere 101
Air and Fronts
Winds
Pressure Map
Potpourri
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This is the layer of the atmosphere we find weather.
What is the troposphere?
100
This is a large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops.
What is an air mass?
100
Movement of air from high pressure to low pressure, (similar to air in weather fronts)
What is wind?
100
This location on the map represents a high pressure area.
What is A?
100
These are boundaries of low pressure.
What are Troughs?
200
These layers of the atmosphere have temperatures that decrease with altitude.
What is the troposphere and mesosphere?
200
When a mass of warm air meets with a mass of cold air.
What is a Weather front?
200
These are fast flowing air currents found in the atmosphere around 10 kilometers above the surface of the Earth
What are jet streams?
200
This location on the map you would expect clear and pleasant weather.
What is A?
200
These types of troughs form hurricanes in the 6 of the seven basins.
What are Monsoon Troughs?
300
These layers of the atmosphere have temperatures that increase with altitude.
What is the stratosphere and the thermosphere?
300
Air in fronts move from ________ pressure to ________ pressure.
What is High to Low?
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These are the four different types of surface winds (at low altitudes).
What are Doldrums, tradewinds, westerlies and easterlies?
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The numbered lines (isobars) on the map represent this.
What are areas with the same pressure?
300
The symbol with the circle with the X in the middle means that the sky is this.
What is Obscured?
400
It expands and rises.
What is warm air?
400
With this type of Weather front, you would expect to observe heavy rain and thunderstorms
What is a cold front?
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This deflects all moving objects to the right in the Northern Hemisphere to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
400
The symbol by the letter B represents this (triangles on a line).
What is a Cold Front?
400
When air reaches 100% relative humidity, it is called this.
What is Saturated?
500
When warm air rises, both of these decrease.
What is pressure and temperature?
500
With this type of front you would expect to observe steady, light rain over a large area.
What is a warm front?
500
These blow from West to East and help aircraft save fuel and time.
What are Jet Streams?
500
In the 992 isobar area, you would expect this kind of weather.
What is cloudy and precipitation?
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The temperature at which any additional water vapor undergoes condensation is called this.
What is Dew Point?