Earth's Atmosphere Vocabulary Quiz

daily state of the atmosphere

• weather

• climate

the front edge of an advancing warm air mass that replaces colder air with warmer air

• warm front

• cold front

lowest layer of the atmosphere; home to people and weather conditions

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratsophere

year-round warm temperatures

• tropical

• polar

• temperate

violently rotating column of air touching the ground

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• tropical storm

heavy storm consisting of rain, strong winds, lightening and thunder

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• hurricane

• tropical cyclone

uppermost layer of the atmosphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

an instrument that measures and indicates temperature

• thermometer

• radar

• barometer

• anemometer

moderate temperatures

• temperate

• polar

• tropical

process in which solid changes to gas

• sublimation

• condensation