1. 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt The Atmosphere Water in the Atmosphere WeatherClimate Weather Devices 100 pt

2. This layer contains most of the atmosphere’s ozone.

3. What is the stratosphere?

4. Small, solid particles in the air.

5. What are particulates?

6. Narrow bands of high-speed winds.

7. What are jet streams?

8. The rotation of Earth on its axis causes this effect.

9. What is the Coriolis effect?

10. The layer beyond the thermosphere.

11. What is the exosphere?

12. Any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from clouds.

13. What is precipitation?

14. This type of cloud forms at very low altitudes.

15. What are stratus clouds?

16. Ice crystals are contained in this cloud high in the atmosphere.

17. What are cirrus clouds?

18. The process by which the temperature of a mass of air decreases as the air rises and expands.

19. What is adiabatic cooling?

20. The process by which ice can turn directly into water vapor without first becoming a liquid.

21. What is sublimation?

22. A small, violent column of rotating air.

23. What is a tornado?

24. The boundary between air masses.

25. What is a front?

26. It rains when this type of air mass takes over a warm air mass.

27. What is a cold air mass?

28. This front occurs when a fast-moving cold front overtakes a warm front and lifts it off the ground.

29. What is an occluded front?

30. This is the strongest part of a hurricane.

31. What is the eye?

32. The largest biome that is found near the equator.

33. What is the tropical rainforest?

34. A seasonal win in which cool air flows away from land.

35. What is a monsoon?

36. This climate is characterized by very low rainfall, frozen ground, and small plants such as mosses.

37. What is tundra?

38. Two main factors that affect the climate of a region.

39. What are air masses and temperature?

40. The type of climate Southern California has.

41. What is a Mediterranean climate?

42. This device bounces radio waves off of rain or snow to create images of the atmosphere.

43. What is Doppler radar?

44. This instrument measure air pressure.

45. What is a barometer?

46. An instrument package attached to a weather balloon.

47. What is a radiosonde?

48. This device, in a weather station, measures wind speed.

49. What is an anemometer?

50. This chart recorder measures and records both the temperature and humidity.

51. What is a thermograph?