Weather Review for Mrs. Edwards

1. the atmosphere protects the Earth from damaging ______ _____
5. balloons and _____ can fly in the Stratosphere
7. measures amount of rainfall
9. measures air pressure
12. protects earth and living things from UV rays
13. closest to the earth, thinnest layer, weather found here
15. the weight of air molecules pressing down on Earth
16. type of precipitation: begins frozen and stay frozen all the way to the ground
19. these connect areas with air pressure that is the same.
20. 2nd most abundant element in our atmosphere
21. type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts, refreezes as ice pellets
24. moisture (water vapor) in the air
25. meteorologists use diagrams, maps and charts to predict ______________. Many components can impact weather.
26. measures wind direction
27. the overall weather patterns over a long period of time in a specific location
28. Type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts and remains liquid
29. a mixture of gaseous elements and compounds
31. Air pressure (increases, decreases) through all the layers in the atmosphere
33. measures thermal energy (how hot or cold)

2. the distance from Earth’s surface
3. type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts, freezes, melts, and hits the surface as a liquid but immediately freezes
4. Example used to describe freezing rain
6. measures wind speed
8. hottest layer of the atmosphere, satellites orbit here, thickest layer
10. most abundant element in our atmosphere
11. coldest layer of the atmosphere
13. the measure of how hot or cold something is (the amount of thermal energy)
14. type of weather system that brings cloudy and rainy weather
17. contains all the gases on our planet
18. fades into space
22. type of weather system that brings sunny weather
23. the atmosphere covers the Earth like a _____
25. the atmosphere helps to control ______ (the condition outside right now)
30. ______ burn up in the Mesosphere
32. temperature increases as altitude increases because the ozone layer is found here