Weather 1

What are the two most abundant gases in the atmosphere?

• Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen
• Nitrogen and Oxygen
• Nitrogen and Hydrogen

What happens to air pressure as you rise farther in the atmosphere?

• Increases
• Decreases
• Does not change
• first increases, then decreases

What is the atmosphere?

• The layer in which all weather occurs
• The layer that contains the ozone layer
• the layer of water in the ocean
• the layer of gases that surround the Earth

What layer does all weather occur?

• troposphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• exosphere

The following gases are found in the atmosphere...what gas would you expect to be in letter A?
A - 78%
B - 21%
Argon - .93%
Carbon dioxide - .036%
Neon - .0018%

• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Carbon dioxide
• Ozone

The following gases are found in the atmosphere...what gas would you expect to be in letter B?
A - 78%
B - 21%
Argon - .93%
Carbon dioxide - .036%
Neon - .0018%

• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Ozone

any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface from the clouds

• precipitation

• humidity

• condensation

• water vapor

short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, & visibility

• climate

• precipitation

• weather

• condensation

the amount of water vapor in the air

• relative humidity

• humidity

• precipitation

• condensation

the average or typical weather condition of a region year after year

• weather

• climate

• atmosphere

• low pressure