Atmospheric science

Weight of air upon an organism or surface

• Air pressure

• Barometer

• Stratosphere

• Atmosphere

Tool used to measure wind speed

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

• Velocimeter

Relatively thin layer of gas around a planet

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

Tool used to measure air pressure

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

• Carboymeter

• Barometer

Process by which clouds are formed

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Process by which heat energy moves through the atmosphere

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water cycle process in which liquid water (mostly from the ocean) converts into water vapor in the atmosphere

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Layer of the atmosphere where the coldest air temperature is located. Meteroids "burn up" when they encounter this layer because of friction.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Largest component of the atmosphere

• Carbon Dioxide

• Argon

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

Second largest component of the atmosphere

• Carbon Dioxide

• Argon

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen