Beier's 8 Weather Review Two

In the presence of a high pressure system,

What scale is used to describe the damage done by tornadoes?

What type of weather does a low pressure system generally bring?

Air masses that form over land are called

Why does air follow a curved path around Earth?

What is the relative percentage of nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere?

What kind of weather is usually associated with HIGH pressure?

What kind of weather is usually associated with LOW pressure?

What two features are used to classify clouds?

In what layer of the atmosphere do most meteors from space burn up?

Which layer contains all of Earth's weather?

In a low pressure system area, how is the air moving?

In the presence of a high pressure system,

The most dangerous aspect of a hurricane is a rising sea level and large waves. This is a

What is the relative percentage of oxygen in the atmossphere?

What holds the gases of the atmosphere near Earth's surface?

In the troposphere, the air temp gets colder higher in this layer of the atmosphere. Why?

Warm air masses originate in

The boundary that forms between two air masses when they meet is called a

The Thermosphere is divided into

What is the basis for how the atmosphere layers are divided?

Pilots try to fly in this layer of the atmosphere because there are generally calm skies.

In a low pressure system area, how is the air generally moving?

Which layer of the atmosphere contains all of Earth's weather?

In the stratosphere, why does the air temp in the atmosphere increase as you go higher?