ATMOSPHERE, CLIMATE & WEATHER
by Becca McLean
1. THERE ARE 5 LAYERS
2. ATMOSPHERE: PROTECTS THE EARTH / IS MADE OF GASSES
3. TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE MESOSPHERE THERMOSPHERE EXOSPHERE
3.1. TROPOSPHERE = ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
3.1.1. 1.AIR TEMPERATURE 2. WATER VAPOUR 3. WIND
3.1.1.1. 1. LOW AIR TEMP = COLD HIGH AIR TEMP = HOT
3.1.1.2. 2. CAUSES PRECIPITATION RAIN HAIL SNOW
3.1.1.3. 3. THE MOVEMENT OF AIR BREEZE GALE HURRICANE
3.2. STRATOSPHERE = OZONE LAYER
3.2.1. OZONE LAYER - PROTECTS US FROM THE SUN'S HARMFUL RAYS
3.3. MESOSPHERE = COLDEST LAYER
3.4. THERMOSPHERE = AURORA BOREALIS
3.5. EXOSPHERE = PROTECTS FROM SPACE OBJECTS
4. WEATHER STATIONS
4.1. METEOROLOGISTS STUDY THE WEATHER
4.2. WEATHER DEVICES
4.2.1. WEATHER VANE
4.2.1.1. WIND DIRECTION
4.2.2. ANEMOMETER
4.2.2.1. WIND SPEED
4.2.3. RAIN GAUGE
4.2.3.1. PRECIPITATION
4.2.4. THERMOMETER
4.2.4.1. AIR TEMPERATURE