Temperature Inversions

Normally, as you go up (increase in altitude), the air temperature gets_____________in the troposphere

• cooler

• warmer

During a temperature inversion.....,

• the air gets cooler as you go up

• There is a layer of warm air above cooler air

• there air is dryer

• the air is wetter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Temperature inversions can _________ air pollution

• trap

• move

• eliminate

Which cities are more likely to experience temperature inversions?

• Beach communities

• places in valleys ( between mountains)

• places on top of mountains

• out at sea

Temperature inversions can create

• fog

• earthquakes

• droughts

• floods