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What type of clouds are these?
Stratus
What type of clouds are these?
Cumulus
What type of clouds are these?
Cirrus
What are the two layers in the thermosphere?
Ionosphere & Exosphere
What is the hottest layer in the atmosphere?
Thermosphere
What layer of the atmosphere protects Earth from meteoroids?
Mesosphere
The area around the equator where the winds are very calm and irregular
Doldrums
What are winds that blow over a long distance across the Earth?
Global Winds
What does this symbol mean?
Low Pressure Systems
What does this symbol represent?
High Pressure Systems
What air mass brings warm and humid air?
Maritime Tropical, mT
What does the Saffir-Simpson scale measure?
Hurricanes
What kind of heat transfer is this?
Radiation
What is this called?
Warm Front
What is this called?
Cold Front
Which type of heat transfer is shown in this picture?
Convection
What type of wind is shown in this picture?
Land Breeze
Examples: Car Exhaust, Factory Emissions, Methane Gas, etc.
Human Causes of Air Pollution
Examples: Volcanic Eruptions, Forest Fires, Pollen Distribution
Natural Causes of Air Pollution
Which 2 low pressure clouds bring rainy weather?
Cumulonimbus & Stratus
What do clouds need to form?
Water Vapor, Dust, Drop in Temp/Air Pressure
What is the wind speed and direction?
20 knots, Northwest
What is the cloud coverage?
Completely Overcast
the Earth's atmosphere becomes thick with gases and substances which trap the sun's radiation, making the Earth warmer
The Greenhouse Effect
What does the Fujita scale measure?
Tornadoes
What are the 3 things a storm needs to form?
Moisture, Unstable Air, and Lift
What kind of front does this symbol represent?
Stationary Front
The boundary of an air mass is called what?
Front
A cold and dry air mass is called what?
Continental Polar, cP
What air mass is located over land?
Continental
What air mass is located over water?
Maritime
What air mass brings hot air?
Tropical
What air mass brings cold air?
Polar
What is the deflection of the air to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere?
Coriolis Effect
What global wind is located at the poles?
Polar Easterlies
What global winds are located at the equator?
Trade Winds
A wind that blows over a short distance is called
Local Wind
What causes wind?
The uneven heating of the atmosphere caused by electromagnetic energy from the sun.
Which type of air is less dense, less air pressure, and as a result rises?
Warm Air
Which layer of the atmosphere protects the surface of the Earth from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation by means of the Ozone layer?
Stratosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere is where all weather occurs?
Troposphere
What separates the layers of the atmosphere?
Temperature
How many layers are there in the atmosphere?
4
What are the two main gasses found in Earth's Atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
The force a column of air pushing down on an area.
Air Pressure
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