meteriology

Question 1

troposphere

Answer 1

most weather occurs
lowest level of atmosphere
17km

Question 2

climate

Answer 2

weather over long period of time

average

Question 3

infiltration

Answer 3

water than seeps into the ground

Question 4

evaporation

Answer 4

liquid to gass

Question 5

sublimation

Answer 5

water solid state turns to vapor without becoming gas

Question 6

transporation

Answer 6

water vapor released from plants into air

Question 7

atmosphere is made mostly up of what gases

Answer 7

oxygen 21%
argon 1%
nitrogen 78%

Question 8

stratisphere

Answer 8

51km

Question 9

mesosphere

Answer 9

81km
coldest layer
meter ablation

Question 10

thermosphere

Answer 10

international space station orbits

Question 11

exosphere

Answer 11

10,000 km

hydrogen & helium

Question 12

transition layers between atmosphere

Answer 12

pause

Question 13

clouds classified

Answer 13

altitude above earth surface

Question 14

cirrus

Answer 14

thin wispy consist of ice

high latitiude

Question 15

cirrocumumulus

Answer 15

high lat

small pillow puffs

Question 16

cirrostratus

Answer 16

thin sheet like clouds that cover the sky

high lat

Question 17

middle layer clouds

Answer 17

altoclumulus - gray white liquid h2o

altostratus- gray/blue span sky

Question 18

low clouds

Answer 18

stratus - gray fog that takes up whole sky
tratoclumulus - low lumpy grey
nimbostratus- dark grey clouds that indicate rain or snow

Question 19

cumulus & cumulonimbus

Answer 19

great vertical growth

wide range of alt