FC quiz set 13 weather

the air mass that brings fair, sunny weather; caused by sinking, dense air

• Low (L)

• High (H)

• cold front

• warm front

air mass that brings precipitation and poor weather; caused by rising air

• jet stream

• ozone

• high (H)

• low (L)

the leading edge of an air mass that brings dropping temperatures and precipitation

• stationary front

• cold front

• warm front

the leading edge of an air mass that brings rising temperatures and drizzly precipitation

• stationary front

• cold front

• warm front

when 2 air masses meet and neither moves

• stationary front

• cold front

• warm front

heat transfer through the air and water that creates currents with warm particles rising and cool falling

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

heat transfer by contact from one molecule to another

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

heat transfer through waves: sunlight or microwaves

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

layer of the atmosphere that we live in, is the densest and weather occurs here

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• troposphere

• ozone layer

layer of the atmosphere that is made up of 3 oxygen molecules; absorbs the harmful UV rays from space

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• troposphere

• ozone layer