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A body of rock that stores undergroundwater.
Aquifer
A tool to measure wind speed.
Anemometer
A boundary where a cold air mass slides under a warm air mass.
Cold Front
The movement of water between Earth's surface and the air is called the ______ cycle?
Water
Which is the energy source that drives the water cycle?
Sun
The mixture of gases that surround Earth.
Atmosphere
The amount of water vapor in the air.
Humidity
Weather instrument used to measure changes in air pressure.
Barometer
As you climb a mountain, the temperature becomes ______.
Cooler
Which two gases make up almost all of the atmosphere?
Nitrogen & Oxygen
Water located within the gaps of rocks below Earth's surface.
Groundwater
The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth.
Air Pressure
The boundary between two air masses with different temperatures.
Front
What makes up a cloud?
- Tiny droplets of water/ice
- Dust/Dirt
What weather does a warm front typically bring?
- Light rain
- Warm temperatures
Water that doesn't soak into the ground; flows across Earth's surface.
Runoff
The process of a gas changing to a liquid.
Condensation
A boundary where a warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass.
Warm Front
What are the three types of clouds?
1. Cumulus
2. Cirrus
3. Stratus
What weather does a cumulus cloud bring?
- White/puffy
- Form on hot/sunny days
- Can develop into stormy cumulonimbus clouds
The process of a liquid changing into a gas.
Evaporation
Water in the atmosphere that falls to Earth.
Precipitation
Large body of air that has the same temperature/humidity throughout.
Air Mass
What weather does a cirrus cloud bring?
- Thin, cold
- Made of ice crystals
- Very long and wispy
* High in the sky
* Cold weather
What weather does a stratus cloud bring?
- Cover the sky like a sheet
- Thick/wet may produce light rain/snow
- Fog is a stratus cloud on the ground