Earth-centered

Sun-centered

Ptolemy

Copernicus

Brahe

Kepler

Galileo

Newton

Hubble

New Moon

Full Moon

1st Quarter

3rd Quarter

Solstice

Equinox

Tool used to measure air pressure

A front along which a warm air mass overrides a retreating mass of cooler air. Leads to warmer temperatures.

A front along which a cold air mass wedges beneath a warm air mass. Leads to rain.

A front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and the warm front is wedged between two cold fronts.

A front in which two air masses come together but neither displaces the other.

Cirrus

Cumulus

Stratus

Troposphere

Exosphere

Ionosphere

Mesosphere

Stratosphere

It decreases

Nitrogen (78%)

Oxygen (21%)

Mesosphere

Polar and subtropical

Air Pressure

0-30 degrees N and S

30-60 degrees N and S

60-90 degrees N and S

Coriolis Effect

Land Breeze

Sea Breeze

The poles

Horse Latitudes

ITCZ (International Convergence Zone)

Prevailing Westerlies

Convection currents

Isobars

Closer

High to Low

A mobile, whirling funnel of wind caused by unstable air and supercell thunderstorms

Electricity caused by a rapid rush of air through a cumulonimbus

Requires unstable, moist air and that clouds become warmer than the air around them.

Tool used to measure temperature

Metric unit for temperature

Farenheit

Anemometer

Where wind is coming from

Cool dry air that brings sunny skies and "happy" weather

Winter storm that brings high winds and lots of snow

Measures intensity of Hurricanes

Measures intensity of tornadoes

Cold, dry air

Cold, wet air

Warm, dry air

Warm, wet air

Storm with violent wind, warm water, low pressure and revolution, winds over 74 mph

An area of low pressure over the open ocean

An area of low pressure with winds under 39 mph

An area of low pressure with winds from 39-74 mph

Cyclone, Typhoon

Area of calm in the center of the hurricane

Surrounds the eye; associated with high winds and heavy rain

Low pressure;

In an undeformed sequence of sedimentary rocks, each layer is older than the layer above it.

Identifies which rocks formed first, second, third and so on. No specific ages.

States sediment is deposited in flat, horizontal layers.

States that a fault or intrusion is younger than any rock it intrudes upon

Ended with the KT extinction

Era with the first birds and flowering plants

Era that ended with animals and plants coming onto land.

Current period we are living in.

This period is called the "age of the fishes"

"Age of the mammals", current Era

First and longest Eon/era, life begins here, solar system is formed.

Eon we are currently in, divided into Eras and periods.

Shortest period of geologic time.

Igneous intrusions into pre-existing rock layers are younger than the rock they intrude into.