Atmosphere and Air Temperature
The state of the atmosphere at a specific place and time.
What is weather?
The changing of a gas into a liquid.
What is condensation?
A cloud at ground level.
What is fog?
Air that moves horizontally.
What is wind?
The average weather pattern of a region.
What is climate?
If the clouds are dark, the air pressure is falling, and it is warm. What type of weather might you expect?
What is rainy weather?
The water that is in the air.
What is water vapor?
A type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers.
What are stratus clouds?
A wind that blows from land toward the water.
What is land breeze?
A weather tool that measures humidity.
What is a Hygrometer?
This instrument measures air pressure.
What is barometer?
The changing of a liquid into a gas.
What is evaporation?
These clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom.
What are cumulus clouds?
This kind of pressure system happens when warm air rises and means that precipitation is near.
What is Low pressure?
What is transpiration?
When water evaporates from plant leaves. "Plant sweat"
This measures the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere.
What is temperature?
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
This type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds?
On a nice sunny day, this kind of system is happening. This happens when cool air sinks.
What is a high pressure system?
3-4 inches of rain is expected to fall tonight. I will use this weather tool to measure it.
What is a rain gauge?
The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
What is air pressure?
This person predicts the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
Any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation?
A wind that blows from the sea toward the land.
What is sea breeze?
What is the weather instrument that measures wind speed?
What is an anemometer?