Vocabulary
Clouds
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100
refers to the state of the atmosphere at a specific time or place
What is weather?
100
when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground it forms a stratus cloud
What is fog?
100
water falling from clouds
What is precipitation?
100
when current flows between regions of oppositely electrically charged particles
What is lightning?
100
the only precipitation to start as a solid
What is snow?
200
a boundary between two air masses of different density, moisture, or temperature
What is a front?
200
This type of cloud forms in layers or smooth even sheets
What is stratus?
200
the four main types of precipitation
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
200
forms over warm Atlantic Ocean
What is a hurricane?
200
caused by winds at different speeds at different heights
What is a tornado?
300
large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it develops
What is an air mass?
300
this cloud is puffy with a flat base
What is cumulus?
300
colder air advancing under warm air
What is a cold front?
300
forms when water freezes around a nucleus of ice
What is hail?
300
relative humidity is defined as this
What is amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation?
400
the temperature at which the air is saturated and condensation forms
What is dew point?
400
this cloud is curly, high, thin, white, and made of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
400
this type of front is represented by semicircles
What is a warm front?
400
rain/thunderstorm clouds that can tower to 18 km
What are cumulonimbus?
400
humidity is affected by air temperature in this way
What is cold air can hold less moisture than warm air?
500
measure of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature
What is relative humidity?
500
this is Latin for dark rain cloud
What is nimbus?
500
three air masses of different temperatures: colder air, cool air, and warm air
What is an occluded front?
500
winds must be 56 km/h and conditions must persist for 3 or more hours
What is a blizzard?
500
these are the 4 conditions weather describes
What is air pressure, temperature, wind, humidity?
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