Weather and Atmosphere
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Atmopshere | Thin layer of air that provides a protective covering around the planet.
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| Troposphere | Lowest of the Earth's atmospheric layers.
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| Stratosphere | The atmospheric layer above the Troposphere; Lower boundary of mesosphere.
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| Mesosphere | Above the stratosphere.
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| Ionosphere | Above the Mesosphere layer of electrically charged particles.
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| Thermosphere | Above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium.
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| Exosphere | The outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.
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| Ultraviolet Radiation | Energy that comes from the sun to the earth.
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| Ozone Layer | An atmospheric layer in the stratosphere.
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| CFC's | Chemical compound found in: Fridges, AC's, Aerosol Spray, and foam packages.
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| Air Mass | Large body of air that has similar properties to the part of Earth's surface that it developed over.
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| Front | A boundary between two air masses of different density, moisture, or temperature.
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| Tornado | Violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground.
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| Hurricane | The most powerful storm, large swirling low-pressure that forms over the Atlantic ocean.
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| Blizzard | Winds are 56km/h, the temperature is low, the visibility is less than 400m in falling in blowing snow, and this persists for 3 hours.
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| Meteorologist | Person who studies the weather
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| Station Model | Shows the weather conditions at a specific location on earths surface.
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| Isotherm | Line that connects points of equal temperatures.
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| Isobar | Line that connects points of equal atmospheric pressure.
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| Occluded Front | (Purple triangles and semicircles) are three air masses of different temperatures: Colder air, Cool air, and Warm air.
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| Stationary Front | (Red semicircles, and Blue triangles) is when a boundary of air masses stops advancing.
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| Cold Front | (Blue Triangles) Occurs when colder air advances towards warm air
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| Warm Front | (Red Semicircles) Lighter, Warmer air advances over heavier, colder air
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