vocabulary
water
clouds
fronts
Warm up
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What is Air-mass?
It is a huge body of air that has a similar temp, humitity,and air pressure.
100
where is Earths most water
In the oceans.
100
what is the clouds role in the water cycle?
it is to collect the water then to release when the droplets get larg.
100
what is a front?
it is the boundary of unlike air-masses meet but do not mix.
100
What type of air mass is wet and cold?
Maritime type
200
What is an aquifer?
an aquifer is an underground layer filled with rock and sand that conatians water.
200
what are the three water steps in the water cycle?
It is to evaporate, then to condensate,then to precipitate
200
What dose cirrus look like?
It looks like a swosh in the sky?
200
what tow tempature fronts make a storm?
a cold and a warm front
200
Why dosen't the surface of the earth heat evenly?
Warm aid likes to rise and levels to low pressure.
300
What is a cloud?
It is water vapor that has dence into millions of water droplets or ice crystals.
300
how big dose water have to be to rain?
it has to be larg
300
what cloud looks angry?
the clod that looks angry is Nimdostratus
300
what are the four fronts?
cold front,warm front,stationary front,and occluded front
300
What causes storms?
air masses, low pressure, when 2 air masses come together.
400
What is a front?
It is the boundery where unlike air-masses meet but do not mix.
400
what percentage of water is stored in ice or snow
it is 1.9%
400
What tow clouds are in middle level of the sky?
they are Altocumulus and altostratus
400
what is a occluded front?
it is a warm air-mass gets cought between tow cold air-masses and pushed upward.
400
How do clouds form?
When water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid water or ice crystals.
500
What is convection?
it is the transfer of heat between tow substances that are touching.
500
what can transport water?
pipes,and rain
500
what 3 clouds are in the high level in the sky?
the Cirrocumulus, cirrostratus,and cirrus
500
what is a stationary front?
it is a cold and warm air-masses meet but can not move past one other.
500
What causes weather?
The sun and clouds cause weather.
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