Chapter 4: The Atmosphere

_____________ is a type of cloud.

A gas that people and animals breathe to help them convert food into energy.

What are earth's three main climate zones?

The amount of water vapor in the air.

Water in gas form found in the atmosphere.

Condition in atmosphere at any given time/place described in terms of temp, precp, cloud, wind.

Any water that falls from the atmosphere as a liquid or solid to the earth's surface.

Gas that is released into the air and soil during the processes of breathing and decomposition

When the air at a specific temp. holds the max. amount of water vapor that it can, the air is?

What are four types of fronts?

__________ is a part of the atmosphere that absorbs the sun's dangerous ultraviolet rays.

The ________ is the air that surrounds the earth.

_______ is the average pattern of weather conditions for a specific region.

Water vapor changes into water droplets close to ground over warm water or low areas__will form

A ____ is a large body of air in the atmosphere that has the same temp and humidity throughout.