| A | B |
|---|
| ammonia | NH3 |
| ionosphere | helps with radio communication in the atmosphere |
| mesosphere | meteors burn up here |
| stratopause | division between the stratosphere and the mesosphere |
| thermosphere | largest layer of the atmosphere |
| air pressure | gravity pulling on the atmosphere |
| cirrus cloud | wispy, feathery clouds |
| continental tropical | airmass that would form over Brazil |
| cumulus cloud | puffy white fair-weather clouds |
| isotherm | connects all the same temps on a weather map |
| maritime polar | airmass that forms over the Arctic Ocean |
| occluded front | warm and cold traveling together |
| stationary front | warm and cold colliding |
| wind | always blows from high to low |
| psycrometer | measures relative humidity |
| windward | cold, wet side of the mountain |
| climate | average temperature and precipitation |
| atmosphere | all the gases surrounding the earth |
| jet stream | fast winds in the upper tropsphere |
| methane | CH4 |
| stratosphere | layer with the ozone layer |
| tropopause | divides the troposphere and stratosphere |
| anticyclone | high pressure in the center and rotating |
| cold front | cold airmass pushes a warm air mass up. |
| continental polar | forms over Canada |
| Cumulonimbus | thunderheads |
| Coriolis effect | cause the winds to deflect |
| cyclone | low pressure in the center and rotating |
| maritime tropical | forms over the Gulf of Mexico |
| precipitation | rain, snow, hail, sleet |
| stratus cloud | gray and layered |
| wind vane | measures wind direction |
| thermometer | measures temperature |
| convection current | transfer of energy in a fluid |
| magnetosphere | home of the Van Allen Radiation Belts |
| ozone | absorbs UV radiation |
| mesopause | division between the mesosphere and the thermosphere |
| troposphere | weather layer |
| barometer | measures air pressure |
| isobar | connects all the same pressures |
| sea breaze | daytime local wind |
| meteorologist | studies weather |
| relative humidity | how much water the air holds compared to how much it can hold |
| warm front | warm air moves on top of cold air |
| anemometer | measures wind speed |
| leeward | warmer, drier side of a mountain |
| radiation | transfer energy in waves |
