The thin blanket of dust and gases all around the earth.
What is atmosphere?
100
The layer where most weather occurs.
What is troposphere?
100
Moisture that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.
What is precipitation?
100
These move in large, circular belts around the earth.
What are global winds?
100
Static electricity that moves between clouds or between the clouds and the earth.
What is lightning?
200
The measurement of the distance above sea level.
What is altitude?
200
The layer of the atmosphere which is also called "outer space".
What is exosphere?
200
Water droplets that join together in the clouds to form larger drops.
What is rain?
200
The place where two unlike air masses meet.
What is a front?
200
An ocean storm that has spiraling winds and occurs over the Atlantic or eastern Pacific Ocean.
What is hurricane?
300
The condition of the atmosphere at any moment in time.
What is weather?
300
The layer of the atmosphere where satellites, meteorites, and shooting stars are.
What is mesosphere?
300
Ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth.
What is snow?
300
Low-pressure, dense air masses have this type of air. Hint: this type of air always rises!
What is warm air?
300
Two actions you should take to prepare for severe weather.
What is stay inside a building during a storm, listen to tv/radio for updates, plan ahead, go to a basement or inside room?
400
The weight of the air.
What is air pressure?
400
This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer which protects the from the sun's harmful rays.
What is stratosphere?
400
Dew and frost are not considered precipitation for this reason.
What is they do not fall from the sky?
400
Use this to measure the speed of the wind.
What is an anemometer?
400
Air vibrations caused by rapid heat change.
What is thunder?
500
Air pressure is measured with this.
What is a barometer?
500
All six layers of the atmosphere from the closest to the earth to the farthest from the earth.
What is troposphere, stratosphere, ozone, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere.
500
Raindrops that are pushed up into tall clouds and frozen. They usually fall during warm weather.
What is hail?
500
This is what happens in a stationary front.
What is a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet and then stay in one location.
500
The difference between a weather watch and a weather warning.
What is a weather watch means the conditions are right for a potential storm. A weather warning means that severe weather has been spotted and you should take shelter.