Quiz Flashcards
The most abundant gases found in the atmosphere area
Nitrogen and oxygen
Nitrogen and oxygen count for what percent of the atmosphere
99%
What are the four main layers of the atmosphere
The troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere and the thermosphere
What important role does the atmosphere play in transforming heat to and from the Earth surface?
He is transferred in three ways, convection, conduction, and radiation
Besides rain, common types of precipitation include
Sleet, freezing rain, snow, and hail
A cold front forms when
A cold air mass runs into a warm air mass
Why does warm air rise and force cold air below?
It is due to the difference in the densities
What can result when warm air rises and forces cold air below?
Erupt hazards in weather, such as heavy rains, winds thunderstorms, and tornadoes
A warm front forms when a fast moving
Warm air mass takes a slower moving cold air mass
Along a warm front
Light rain or snow can fall if the warm air is humid
Scattered clouds can form if the warm air mass is
Dry
Warm front often move
Slowly
Since warm front move slowly there may be
Rain and clouds for a few days
And occluded front form when
A warm air mass gets trapped between two cold air masses
What happens when two cold air masses meet
They ban together the air temperature drops as the warm air mass becomes occluded or is prevented from reaching the ground as the warm air mass rises and cools clouds gather in rain or snow may fall
