100 200 300 400 500 Air Weather Patterns Atmosphere Energy Transfer Weather Variables Weather Patterns 100 200 300 400 500

78% Nitrogen, 21% ____?____, 1% Other Answer: Oxygen

Exosphere Thermosphere _______?_______ Stratosphere Troposphere Answer: Mesosphere

Layer with the highest concentration of ozone Answer: Stratosphere

Does temperature increase or decrease through the Thermosphere? Answer: Increase

What altitude is air pressure the highest? Answer: Sea-level

Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves Answer: Radiation

Earth receives and absorbs about ____% of incoming solar radiation Answer: 51%

Greenhouse gases that trap radiation the best Answer: Water Vapor, Carbon Dioxide, Methane

Transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter Answer: Conduction

Transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter Answer: Convection

Movement of air from areas of high pressure to low pressure Answer: Wind

Answer: Westerlies

Answer: Sea Breeze

Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxides combine with moisture in the atmosphere and form precipitation that has a lower pH than that of normal rainwater Answer: Acid Rain

Answer: Inversion

Force that a column of air applies on the air or a surface below it Answer: Air Pressure

Amount of water vapor in the air Answer: Humidity

The temperature at which air if fully saturated and condensation can occur Answer: Dew Point

Instrument used to measure air pressure Answer: Barometer

Instrument used to measure wind speed Answer: Anemometer

Air flows out and away of the center in this system Answer: High-pressure System

Answer: Occluded Front

Name of the classification system for tornadoes Answer: Fujita Scale

Lines the connect all places on a map where pressure has the same value Answer: Isobars

Answer: Temperature of 34 F & Overcast