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TROPOSPHERE FIRST LAYER ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE WHERE ALL THE WEATHER TAKES PLACE
STRATOSPHERE SECOND LAYER OF THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE, THERE IS VERY LITTLE CONVECTION SO IT IS VERY STABLE, COMMERCIAL JETS FLY IN THIS LAYER TO AVOID TURBULENCE
MESOSHERE THE THIRD LAYER WHICH IS HARD TO MEASURE AND STUDY,THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OCCUR IN THIS LAYER, MIXTURE OF GASES, HIGH WINDS IN A VARIETY OF DIRECTIONS
THERMOSPHERE PROTECTS THE EARTH FROM METEOROID AND COMET BOMBARDMENT BY TURNING THEM INTO SHOOTING STARS, ATOMS AND MOLECULES EXPOSED TO THE FULL RADIATION OF THE SUN
WHAT ARE THE FUDICIAL POINTS ON A THERMOMETER? CELSIUS AND FAHRENHEIT
CELSIUS 0-100
FAHREHEIT 0-96
NAME MODERN TOOLS FOR GATHERING WEATHER DATA BALLON INSTRUMENTS CALLED RADIOSONDES, RADAR, SATELLITES, AUTOMATED WEATHER BUOYS AND STATIONS, COMPUTERS AND DATA COLLECTION
NAME THE THREE MAJOR STORMS THUNDERSTORM,TORNADO, HURRICANE
THUNDERSTORM DANGER LIGTHENING
TORNADO DANGER ERRATIC AND UNPREDITABLE
HURRICANE DANGER HIGH WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND WAVE ACTION
THUNDERSTORM SAFETY A BUILDING PROTECTED BY LIGHTENING RODS OR A CAR
TORNADO SAFTEY CELLAR OR GROUND LEVEL ROOM, IN A CLOSET WITH NO WINDOWS
HURRICANE SAFETY LEAVE THE AREA
CLOUD PREFIXES CIRRO (HIGH ALT), ALTO (MID ALT), NIMBO (RAIN PRODUCING CLOUD, CUMMULO (PILED UP CLOUDS), STRATO (FLAT WIDE LAYERED)
TYPES OF PRECIPATION RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, HAIL
GASES OF THE ATMOSPHERE NITROGEN, OXYGEN, WATER, HYDROGEN, HELIUM, CARBON DIOXIDE, NEON, OZONE, ARGON, NITROUS OXIDE, METHANE
SPECIAL LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OZONE, IONOSPHERE, MAGNETOSPHERE
5 ELEMENTS OF WEATHER AND HOW IT IS MEASURED TEMPERATURE/THERMOMETER, ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE/BAROMETER, HUMIDITY/HYGROMETER, WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION/ANEMOMETER, PRECIPATION/RAIN GAUGE.
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