| A | B |
| Tropsphere | 0-7 miles, clouds weather, animals airliners |
| Stratosphere | 7-30 mil. 40 degrees, jet fighter planes |
| Mesophere | 30-50 miles, - 90 degrees, hellium balloons |
| Thermosphere | 30 -50 miles, hottest layer, satellites |
| Exosphere | 300 miles space no gasses, space capsules. |
| weather | the condition of the lowers layer of the atmospher where precipitation, wind, temperature and humidity occur |
| Metrology | is the study of weather, climate and the earth's atmospher |
| Thermometer | meteorologist use to measure the temperature of the air |
| Hydrometer | measures humidity |
| rain/snow gauge | measure amounts of percipitation |
| anemometer | measures wind speed |
| weather vane | measures wind direction |
| anemometer | measuring wind speed |
| Green house Effect | when carbon dioxide levels build up in the air and hold heat into the atmosphere |
| smog | water vapor codenses on particles of dirt and grime |
| cloud to air, cloud to cloud, cloud to ground | types of lightning |
| Hurricane | storm in which strong winds whilrl around a low pressure system |
| tornado | a destructive storm with whirling winds and forms a funnel cloud |
| climate | the average weather in an area over a long period of time. |
| Five systems of climate | polar, humid, warm and rainy, dry, and topical rain |
| Steps of lightning | clouds have negative charge, ground has positive charge, colouds send down negative charge, ground sends up positive charge, and lightning occurs when they meet |