Weather Review SOL 6.7

4. ______ pressure systems bring cloudy and rainy weather.
5. A mixture of elements and compounds in the gas phase.
7. The outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere is called ________.
8. Local _______- is what is happening outside your window right now.
12. What is the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere?
13. Using a _________, measure the amount of rainfall over many years will help provide a description of an area's climate.
14. The force of air molecules pushing on an area is called ________.
15. Meteorologists use diagrams, _____, and charts to show viewers the many components that impact the weather.
16. As a person climbs a mountain, what happens to the air pressure?
17. What layer of the atmosphere is 2nd closest to Earth (comes after the troposphere)
19. What is the 2nd most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere?
23. The type of front represented with triangles and half circles.
24. The amount of water vapor in the air
25. Rain with possible severe thunderstorms usually form along _____ fronts.

1. Which gas, when condensed into its liquid state in the atmosphere, forms clouds?
2. Where satellites orbit the Earth.
3. Which layer of the atmosphere does most of the actual weather take place?
6. In the troposphere, as altitude _____, temperature decreases
9. Because the Earth is heated by the _______, this causes rain storms.
10. Warm air _____ and cool air falling causes winds on Earth.
11. How hot or cold something is
18. A ________ is represented by a blue line with little triangles.
20. The distance above the ground or sea level
21. If there is no ________ in the air, it cannot rain.
22. A _______ is represented by a red line with half circles.