Weather
Severe Weather
Clouds
Air
Water Cycle
Atompshere
200
This movement which is the result of air warming and cooling across the global
What are convection currents
200
Name of Ms. Louhichi's cat
QT
200
Big, fluffy, bright white clouds usually found at a medium to low height
Cumulus
200
The change in air pressure descreases as the altitude -
What is increases
200
The stages water goes through from evaporation to condensation
What is liquid to gas to liquid again
200
The first layer of the atomsphere that we live in
What is the trophosphere
400
These are the 3 things that determine weather on a daily bases
What is the temperature of the air, the air pressure and amount of moisture in the air
400
This has rain, thunder and lightning.
Thunderstorm
400
A big gray or white blanket over the sky
Stratus
400
To create convection currents, hot air _____ while colder air ____
What is rises and sinks
400
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Water Cycle
400
The layer of the atompshere that has the ozone layer in it
What is the stratosphere
600
The result of a low pressure system moving into an area currently experiencing high pressure
What is cold, cloudy and rainy
600
This can flood and damage homes due to strong winds and rain usually starting in the ocean and moving towards coastline cities.
Hurricane
600
Wispy white clouds often made of ice crystals found high in the sky
Cirrus
600
This causes the differences in air pressure zones across the globe
What is the differences in temperature
600
Stage when tiny droplets or rain or ice collect and form these clouds.
What is condensation
600
The layer of the atomsphere that is the hottest and has the international space station
What is the thermoshpere
800
The direction that weather fronts move
What is from West to East
800
These might happen during a severe thunderstorm. They appear as a a rotating winds going down from the clouds in a funnel until they touch the ground.
Tornado
800
Storm clouds
Cumulonimbus
800
Near the poles, cold air sinks creating areas of this air pressure
What is High pressure zones
800
Another name for rain, snow, hail.
Precipitation
800
This atmospheric layer is the top layer and goes into outer space
What is the exosphere
1000
The type of weather expected if a high pressure system is moving in to an area of low pressure
What is sunny and warm
1000
Very similar to a hurricane however brings more rain and experiences slower wind speeds
What is a Typhoon
1000
What are the three common clouds?
Stratus Cumulus Cirrus
1000
The weather resulting from the meeting of a cold front moving into an air currently warm
What is clouds, rain and possible thunderstorms
1000
This occurs when the sun heats up water on the Earth.
Evaporation
1000
The gas which is most abundant in the atomsphere
What is nitrogen