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It’s in the
Rain drops falling
air On my head Up in the clouds
Opposite of
backs
Stormy weather
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Where does weather occur?
a. exosphere
b. thermosphere
c. stratosphere
d. troposphere
What layer contains the ozone?
a. exosphere
b. thermosphere
c. stratosphere
d. troposphere
What is the hottest layer?
a. exosphere
b. thermosphere
c. stratosphere
d. troposphere
What layer is the
middle layer where
meteors burn up?
List the layers of
the atmosphere in
order from bottom
to top.
Water falling from
the atmosphere to
the ground in any
from is called….
What process
involves going
from a liquid to a
gas?
What process
involves going from
a gas to a liquid?
The process of
water evaporating
from the leaves of
plants is called…..
What percent of
Earth is composed
of water?
What are the 3
types of clouds?
Which type of
cloud is layered?
Which type of cloud is made of ice
crysal with wispy tails?
Which type of cloud
is white and puffy
like a cotton ball?
What type of cloud
is associated with
precipitation and
severe weather?
What are the 4 kinds of fronts?
When a cold air mass advances
and pushes under a warm air mass
the warm air is forced to rise. This
type of front can sometimes cause
storms.
If warm air is advancing into a
region of colder air a ________
front is formed.
When a cold air mass meets a warm
air mass but neither really advance
this is called a ________ front.
When 2 cold air masses force a
warm air mass to rise this is called
a ______ front.
Which of the following is true about low and high
pressure air masses?
a.low pressure systems are associated with stormy
weather
b. high pressure systems are associated with cyclones
c. low and high pressure systems must meet to form a
hurricane
d. low pressure systems are associated with the southern
hemisphere
What happens to the intensity of a hurrican when it makes
landfall?
How would you
describe the eye of
a hurricane?
How would a waterspout- a tornado that forms over
water-look different than a tornado that forms over
land?
a. it wouldn’t be as dark in color
b. it wouldn’t be as powerful
c. its winds would rotate in the opposite direction
d. it wouldn’t be accompanied by thunderstorms
What kind of
thunderstorm is
capable of producing a
tornado?
Solids such as dust, salt, pollen, and tiny acid droplets in
the atmosphere are
.
a. aerosols
b. gases
c. coral
reefs
d. fossil fuels
Describe a cause , effect, and
solution of increase in greenhouse
gases
.
What are jet streams?
a. Swirling winds that make tornadoes
b. A type of solar wind
c. Winds that blow in the same place all the time
d. Giant rivers of air that affect the weather
What causes low pressure centers to rotate
counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere? (it also
causes winds to go one direction in the north and
another in the south due to Earth’s rotation)
a. trade winds
b. prevailing westerlies
c. coriolis effect
d. jet stream
What is humidity and what does it mean if the relative
humidity is 100 percent.
Make your wager
Draw the symbol on a weather map for the following:
High pressure
Low pressure
Cold Front
Warm front
Occluded front