- Large amounts of smoke, ash, and other particles; comes from factories and car exhaust
- If more energy leaves the Earth than comes into it, the Earth would _____________.
- The relationship between the Earth's surface and the incoming solar energy is called the __________, which is equal to the angle of the Sun above the Earth's horizon.
- A __________ is described as a rising funnel of air connecting the cloud with the ground.
- __________ is (are) caused by large amounts of smoke, ash, and other particles in the atmosphere.
- Thunderstorms begin as __________ movements which originate from the heating of the Earth's surface.
- Actual length of time that the Sun's rays are hitting the Earth's surface
- The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C is called its __________.
- __________ have at least one of the following three characteristics: tornados, hail that is larger than three-quarters of an inch, or winds that are greater than 58 mph.
- A large, circulating updraft inside a supercell is called a __________.
- A temperature inversion prevents the __________ currents that would carry pollutants up into the atmosphere.
- If more energy comes into the Earth's atmosphere than leaves the Earth, the Earth would ____________.
- A (An) __________ can form when there is an increase in temperature in higher elevations.
- Stage one of the formation of a thunderstorm has very little rain and occasional lightning and is called the __________.
- Can form when there is an increase in temperature in higher elevations
- __________ takes much longer to heat up, but once it does, it retains its heat longer than the land.
- The __________ uses wind speed, degree of destruction, and the duration to classify the intensity of a tornado.
- God created the Earth to be in perfect _______.
- In the __________ there is more air cooling and sinking, and the downdrafts fan out over the Earth's surface, further cooling it.
- A low-pressure cyclonic system that has winds in excess of 35 mph, temperatures less than -7°C (19.4°F), and reduced visibility is called a __________.