Atmosphere Unit Test Review

The transfer of heat by mass movement or circulation within a substance

• Conductio

• Convection

• Radiation

Due to earth rotation, moving particles ( such as air) are deflected to the right in the North Hemisphere

• Humidity

• Dew Point

• Coriolis Effect

• Air Mass

Warm, dry air mass

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

Cold dense air displaces warm, moist air and forces the warm air up along the steep front

• Warm front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded front

Approximately 21% of the earth's atmosphere is this gas

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Argon

• Carbon Dioxide

Cold , wet air mass

• Maritime polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

This layer shields life from ultraviolet radiation from the sun

• Ozone layer

• Aurora Borealis

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

Lines of equal pressure on a map

• Lines of Latitude

• Lines of Longitude

• Isobars

• Equators

Warm air displaces cold air; the warm air pushes up a gradual slope

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Warm Front

• Occluded Front

The layer above the stratosphere where the temperature begins to fall again

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere