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Atmosphere
Heat
Clouds
Air Masses & Fronts
Misc.
100
The first level of the atmosphere
What is the Troposphere
100
Warm air _________
Rises
100
High
What is Cirrus
100
Dry air masses form over _______
What are continents or land
100
How does an igneous rock form?
What is melting into magma and cooling
200
As you go up through the troposphere, Temperature ____________
Decreases
200
The process in which Water heats up and turns to water vapor
What is evaporation
200
Middle
What is Alto
200
Moist air masses form over _________
What are oceans
200
List the planets in order starting from the sun
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
300
The third layer of the atmosphere
What is the mesosphere
300
If you touch a hot stove with your hand, the heat will move from the stove to your hand through this process
What is Conduction
300
Low
What is Stratus
300
Cold wet air masses form here
What are polar oceans
300
What are the 4 main layers of the earth?
What is Inner core, Outer core, mantle, Crust.
400
This layer contains the ozone layer
What is the stratosphere
400
As water vapor looses heat goes through this process
What is condensation
400
Produces massive storms
What is a Cumulonimbus
400
This is where a dry hot air mass would form
What over land close to the equator
400
Why is the southern hemisphere having summer when the northern hemisphere is having winter?
The southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun and receives more direct sunlight.
500
This is the layer between the mesosphere & thermosphere
What is the Mesopause
500
What is the energy from the sun that reaches earth called?
What is Radiation
500
Fluffy cotton balls
What is cumulus
500
This front is likely to bring storms
What is a cold front
500
An dinosaur foot print is an example of this type of fossil
What is a trace fossil