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42 Cards in this Set
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As you move upward from sea level air pressure |
Decreases |
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The source of all energy in our atmosphere |
Sun |
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This atmospheric layer blends with outer space |
Exosphere |
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The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs |
Troposphere |
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The layer with the highest concentration of ozone |
Stratosphere |
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The process of water vapor changing to a liquid |
Condensation |
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Due to the amount of gravitational force air pressures is greatest at |
Sea level |
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Rain,snow , sleet or hail are |
Precipitation |
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A large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops |
Air mass |
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Low , layered , gray clouds that produce light preciptation |
Stratus |
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High ,thin , white, featheryclouds |
Cirrus |
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Dew , clouds, frost are all forms of |
Condensation |
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Weather is caused by the interaction of air , water and the |
Sun |
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Puffy, white clouds ,with flat bottoms |
Cumulus |
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Lines on a weather map that connect points of equal air pressure |
Isobors |
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Fog is a. Cloud that forms near the ground |
Stratus |
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This weather tool is used for measuring wind speed |
Anemometer |
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A sling psychrometer is used to measure |
Relative humidity |
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What tool is used to measure wind direction |
Wind vane |
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Fast flowing, narrow , ribbon like air currents |
Jet stream |
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The place where cold and warm air masses meet is called |
Front |
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A line on a weather map that connect areas of equal temperature |
Isotherm |
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What type of front produces violent storms |
Cold |
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Hurricanes form over |
Tropical oceans |
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Along a warm front , the warmer , less dense air |
Rises |
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A high pressure system should creat what type of weather |
Fair |
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Warm, moist air rise over the ocean ,causing a strong winds and heavy rains. What type of storm |
Hurricane ,mesosphere,thermosphere,exosphere |
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Name the layers of the atmosphere from earth up |
Troposphere, stratosphere |
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In what layer of the atmosphere would a jet pilot fly to avoid a thunderstorm |
Stratosphere |
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Harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun are primarily absorbed by |
Ozone layer |
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Which two gases are found in the greatest amounts in our amounts in our atmosphere |
Nitrogen and oxygen |
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Why would a town in the desert not experience early morning fog . |
Less water vapor warm water to cold |
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How do surface ocean currents affect climate |
Cold water to warm areas more quickly than water |
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What cause the formation of land and sea breeze |
Land heats and cools |
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The jet stream flows from Canada , what kind of weather will it bring |
Cool |
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Clouds form from warm air rising, expanding, cooling and becoming saturated, then condenses into tiny water droplets |
Water vapor |
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If the ozone layer disappears, life on earth would exposed to Level of uv rays |
Higher |
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In an experiment the variable that stays the same is called |
Controlled |
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This current affects North America by bringing in cooler,polar waters southward and cooling the Pacific coast |
California |
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Air flow is the region of earth results from the Suns heating the surface in the near equator ,causing warm air to rise cool and descend near 30 latitude |
Tropical |
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What would a city in the middle of a continent have warm summers and cool winters then the city near the coast at the same elevation |
Land has low ability to hold heat |
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This current brings warm water northeast ,warming the Atlantic coast |
Gulf steam |