Weather Test 1 Review

2. the amount of water vapor in the air
5. the third layer where meteors burn up
8. the thin layer of gases that surrounds the planet
9. the weight of the column of air pressing down on an area
10. atmospheric gas that is essential to life because plants must have it to make food
11. it provides all of the energy for weather
14. Instrument used to measure air pressure
15. Layer where satellites and space station orbit.
16. atmospheric gas that is essential to life because it is needed to change stored food into energy
18. the hotness or coldness of the air

1. this layer contains most of the mass of the atmosphere and its where weather happens
3. Layer where lots of energy changes gas particles into ions--these ions cause auroras and radio waves can bounce off of them
4. the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a particular place and time
6. Layer just above us--it has the jet stream and ozone layer
7. Instrument used to measure temperature
12. atmospheric gas that is essential to life because it is a part of proteins
13. Tiny solids and liquids such as dust, salt, smoke, etc. that are part of our atmosphere too
17. the most important atmospheric gas in terms of weather