"H" on a weather map

High pressure
"L" on a weather map
Low Pressure
21%
Amount of oxygen in the
air
78%
Amount of nitrogen in the
air
Air has ______. Mass and Volume
Airplanes fly in what layer
of the atmosphere
Stratosphere
The amount of moisture in
the air
Humidity
Anemometer measures...
wind speed
A barometer measures...
Air pressure
Cumulonimbus clouds
bring...
storms, lots of rain
Dew Point
Temperature at which
clouds form
Direct transfer of heat
Radiation
The direction weather travels
across the United States
west to east
Energy from the sun can
be...
reflected, absorbed,
scattered
Fair weather cloud
Cumulus
Faster moving air has
____ pressure
Lower pressure
Greenhouse Effect
Energy that is trapped by our
atmosphere and warms our planet
High Feathery cloud
cirrus
High means.... Dry
high wispy clouds cirrus
Hottest layer of the
atmosphere
Thermosphere
Hurricane
A storm formed over warm
tropical water
A hygrometer measures...
humidity
A Hygrometer
measures....
Humidity
The layer of the atmosphere
that is closest to Earth
Troposphere
Low pressure systems
bring _____ weather.
Rainy
Meteors burn up in what
layer of the atmosphere
Mesosphere
Name a middle cloud
altocumulus, altostratus
Name a rain cloud stratus, nimbus
Ozone is found in what
layer of the atmosphere
Stratosphere
A rain gauge measures...
amount of rain
Symbol "H" on a weather
map
High Pressure
A thermometer
measures...
air temperature
Tornado
A storm that is formed
from a thunderstorm
Transfer of heat through a
fluid (air)
Convection
Transfer of heat through a
solid
Conduction
Unequal heating of the air
Due to Earth's rotation
A warm front brings what
type of weather
clouds, wind, rain
Weather occurs in what
layer of the atmosphere
Troposphere
A weather vane measures
wind direction
West to East
Direction weather systems
travel in the United States
What does Cirro mean?
High
What does nimbus mean?
Rain
What is air pressure
Air pushing down on us
What makes up any
cloud?
water and some type of
particle (smoke, dust, salt)
Why do clouds appear
white?
Sun's reflection
Why do stationary fronts
form?
a warm air mass encounters a cold air
mass and neither can push the other out.
Why do we divide the
atmosphere into layers?
Temperature changes
Wind is caused by...
unequal heating of the air