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Where do meteors burn up?
Mesosphere
When are molucules denser?
When closer to earth.
What does the Barometer measure?
Atmospheric pressure
Where are satellites?
Exosphere
What kind of pressure is a cold front?
low pressure
What’s the hottest layer?
Thermosphere
What creates wind?
Cold air rushing to fill the space
What creates storms?
Two fronts meeting
Where do planes fly?
Stratosphere
Where are trade winds
Around the equator
Which way does the wind move in the US?
West to East
What’s the atmosphere’s coldest layer?
Mesosphere
Has climate changed over many years?
Yes.
Which layer is the Ionosphere in?
Thermosphere
Where is the Ozone layer?
The Stratosphere.
What is a severe thunderstorm, it forms with swirling areas of low pressure, and is a supercell?
A tornado
What drives all weather?
Large scale Convection
The higher you get in the troposphere, does the temperature increase or decrease?
Decrease
What element makes wind?
Solar Energy.
What makes land and sea breezes?
Uneven heating between land and water.
What is a source of energy in hurricanes?
Thermal energy
What does air mass do when it’s heated?
It expands and rises.
Water evaporates and then what can condolences be released as?
Precipitation
Would a hurricane be included on a weather map?
Yes
The process of water cooling and becoming liquid is:
Condensation
What cloud produces hail?
A cumulonimbus
What makes harmful UV rays and concentrated gas?
O3
What is An element in the earth’s atmosphere more powerful as gas?
Nitrogen.
What element is the Nitrogen Cycle in?
Air
How do greenhouse gasses keep the atmosphere
warm?
By absorbing infuriated air released by the earth.
What uses the sun to transport water as rain?
Storms.
What is made when a stratus cloud touches the
ground?
Fog.
What formations bringing precipitation are associated with warm fronts?
Clouds.
What does rising warm air from oceans lead to?
Hurricanes.
What forms clouds?
Condensation.
What predicts storms?
Satellites.
What do air pressure drops turn sunny skies into?
Storms.
Where do convection currents in the Troposphere come from?
Sunlight heating earth unevenly.
What does the sun heating earth unevenly turn into?
Wind patterns.
Why are renewable recourses better than fossil fuels?
They’re better for the environment.
