1. 1. The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place

2. Weather

4. 2. Envelope of gases surrounding the planet…

5. Atmosphere

6. 3. Water in the form of gas…

7. Water vapor

9. 1. The amount of gas in a given volume of air…

10. Density

12. 2. Force pushing on an area…

13. Air pressure

15. 3. Instrument to measure air pressure…

16. Barometer

17. 4. Tube on a dish of mercury…

18. Mercury barometer

19. 5. Barometer without liquid…

20. Aneroid barometer

22. 3. Instrument to measure temperature…

23. Thermometer

24. 5. Measures wind speed

25. Anemometer

26. 6. Distance above sea level…

27. Altitude

28. 1. What are the four main areas of the atmosphere?

29. Troposphere-Stratosphere Mesosphere-Thermosphere

31. 2. What happens in the thermosphere?

32. High temperature-Aurora Borealis

34. 3. What happens in the mesosphere?

35. Earth is protected from being hit by meteorites

36. What happens in the troposphere?

37. Weather occurs.

38. 4. What does the stratosphere contain?

39. It contains the ozone layer.

40. 1. Energy from the sun…

41. Electromagnetic waves

43. 6. Transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid…

44. Convection

45. 7. Transfer of heat by direct contact…

46. 7. Upward movement and down movement of air…

47. Convection current

48. Conduction

49. 2. How does sun energy reach the Earth?

50. Sun energy reaches the Earth as visible light, radiation and ultraviolet radiation.

52. 3. What happens to the sun energy before reaching the surface?

53. The atmosphere absorbs some light before it reaches the surface.

54. 4. Energy from the sun…

55. Electromagnetic waves

56. 5. Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves…

57. Radiation

58. 6. One form of electromagnetic energy…

59. Infrared rays

61. 7. Invisible form of violet light…

62. Ultraviolet rays

64. The ozone hole

65. Sun energy reaches the Earth as visible light, radiation and ultraviolet radiation.

67. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers hear from one part of the fluid to another

68. Convection Current

69. The movement of air parallel to Earth’s surface.

70. Wind

72. Temperature and precipitation during a long period of time

73. Climate

74. Direction of the winds and currents because of the Earth’s rotation

75. The movement of air…

76. Wind

77. Wind blowing over short distances…

78. Local wind

79. Wind blowing from ocean/lake to land…

80. Sea breeze

81. Wind blowing from land to ocean or lake…

82. Land breeze

83. Wind blowing over long distances…

84. Global winds

85. Winds affected by the rotation of the Earth…

86. Coriolis effect

87. What happens to the energy that heats land and water?

88. Some goes back as infrared radiation.

89. Measure of energy of motion…

90. Thermal energy

91. Average amount of energy of motion…

92. Temperature

93. 19. Dust dispersing light in the atmosphere…

94. Scattering

95. 20. Gases turning to heat in the Earth’s atmosphere…

96. Greenhouse effect

97. 4. Thermal energy from hotter to cooler objects

98. Heat

99. The process in which increased cooling wind

100. Wind-chill Factor

102. Winds that blow over short distances

103. Local Winds

105. Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances

106. Global Winds

109. The distance from the equator, measured in degrees.

110. Latitude

112. What causes surface currents?

113. They are driven mainly by winds.

114. Climate event in the Pacific Ocean

115. El Nino

116. Moving water that flows through the ocean.

117. Current

118. How do waves affect the shore?

119. They deposit sand and form a sandbar.

120. How do waves form?

121. When wind blows across the surface of the water.

122. A wall outward from the beach…

123. Groin

124. A rush of water that flows back to the sea…

125. Rip current

126. The movement of sand along the beach…

127. Long shore drift

128. A wave far below the ocean surface…

129. Tsunami

130. The vertical distance from crest to trough…

131. Wave height

132. The number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time…

133. Frequency

134. The horizontal distance between crests..

135. Wavelength

136. The movement of water through a body of water…

137. Wave