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