Weather

3. movement of warmer less dense material rising while colder denser material sink
4. coldest layer of the atmosphere & temperature decreases with altitude meteors burn in this layer.
6. lowest layer of the atmosphere extending from the Earth’s surface to 6-10 km high
7. effect, The rotation of the Earth causes winds to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
9. a form of oxygen O3
14. an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure
17. where most jets fly and ozone layer is found to absorb UV rays which warms the air.

1. satellites orbit here and Aurora Borealis occurs here.
2. temperature increases with altitude the hottest layer (1000+ degrees F)
5. pressure, the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air.
8. front, forward edge of an advancing mass of cold air that pushes under a mass of warm air - often causes heavy precipitation and/or thunderstorms.
10. Clouds that produce precipitation
11. Cloud type that appears as puffy masses and often look like cotton balls usually appear in the daytime in fair weather
12. front, The forward edge of an advancing mass of warm air that rises over and replaces a retreating mass of cooler air - often causes steady precipitation.
13. Cloud type that forms in flat layers when air cools over a large area “spread out” tend to produce steady light precipitation
15. stream, a narrow band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth.
16. Cloud type that appears feathery or wispy, “curl of hair” form in very high altitudes and made of ice crystals