Weather in the Atmosphere

The transfer of energy by rays or waves is called _________.

Sea and land breezes are caused because...

In the water cycle what is letter A?

Electrically charged particles are found primarily in the _________.

What is this picture showing?

The transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump one another is called ____________.

Air pressure is greatest __________ because there are more molecules of air pushing down from above.

________ forms when raindrops pass through a layer of freezing air near Earth's surface, forming ice pellets.

__________ can be produced by thunderstorms.

In the water cycle what is letter B?

A(n) __________ connects points of equal temperature

The transfer of heat by the flow of a heated material is called ______.

If the ozone layer disappeared, life on Earth would be exposed to ____________ concentrations of ultraviolet radiation.

The most common gas in the atmosphere is ___________.

When cool, dense air from over the water flows inland, it's called a ____________.

A type of pollution is _________.

A(n) __________ shows weather conditions at one specific location.

A(n) _________ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

Tornadoes can form when wind at different _______ blows in different directions and at different speeds.

This makes up 21% of the atmosphere:

Weather maps drawn with lines connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure are called ________.

The _________ contains the highest concentration of ozone.

What is the source of energy for the water cycle?

A gas made up of 3 oxygen molecules bonded together that occurs naturally in the upper atmosphere is known as _______.

What do you call all the water on Earth's surface?

In the water cycle what is letter C?

Clouds form as warm air rises, expands, cools, and becomes saturated, and then _____ condenses into tiny drops.

The temperature in which air is saturated and condensation forms is the ___________.

The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a ___________.

__________ forms when the air temperature is below freezing and water vapor changes directly to a solid.

The _______ is the source of all energy in our atmosphere.

This makes up from zero to four percent of the atmosphere:

The process of water vapor changing to a liquid is called __________.

A violent, whirling wind that moves in a narrow path over land is a _________.

Areas of low pressure usually have __________.

The interaction of air, water, and ____________causes weather.

The ________ blends into outer space.

The __________ are responsible for the movement of much of the weather across the United States and Canada.

Precipitation and storms occur __________.

When water droplets fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing _______.

Cool air is more dense and forces ____________ warm air.

The __________ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface.

In the water cycle what is letter D?

As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature ___________.