Various types of tornadoes include the landspout, multiple vortex tornado, and waterspout. Waterspouts are characterized by a spiraling funnel-shaped wind current, connecting to a large cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud.
Creatas/Creatas/Getty Images. Matter can exist in a solid, liquid or gaseous state, and the state a substance is in can be largely determined by its temperature. When a certain temperature threshold unique to each substance in the universe is crossed, a phase change will result, changing the state of the matter.he point at which matter subjected to a particular temperature under conditions of constant pressure begins to change its phase is called the phase change threshold. At this temperature, every bit of the substance exposed to the heat will change its state.
In the troposphere, temperatures decrease as the altitude increases as it loses heat emitted from the surface of the Earth. In the stratosphere, the temperature increases with increasing altitude as the amount of ozone-absorbing ultraviolet rays increases. In the mesosphere, temperatures decrease as altitude increases and can reach -194 degrees Fahrenheit. By contrast, temperatures in the thermosphere can reach over 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit.Learn more about Atmosphere.