Air and Wind
Global winds are created because of the uneven heating of this.
What is the Earth?
Radiant energy from this is what causes ocean water to evaporate.
What is the Sun?
Super-celled cumulonimbus clouds can sometimes produce these funnel-shaped columns of spinning air.
What are tornadoes?
This type of front brings stormy, violent weather and rapidly falling temperatures.
What is a cold front?
I was named after a battle zone during World War I. I am the boundary between two air masses.
What is a front?
The doldrums are an area around this imaginary line with little to no wind.
What is the equator
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all examples of this.
What is precipitation?
In order to be a blizzard, a snowstorm must include wind with speeds of at least this
What is 35 mph?
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water paper that the air can hold at that temperature
What is relative humidity?
As a cloud, I am tall, dark, and handsome. My nickname is stormy because I am highly charged.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Seventy-eight percent of the air that we breathe is this element.
What is nitrogen?
Stage of the water cycle where water makes its way back to the oceans.
What is runoff?
Preparing for me should require making sure you have plenty of warm clothing, water, and a flashlight.
What is a blizzard?
I send cirrus clouds to let you know I'm on my way. Me? I bring stratus clouds and light rain when I arrive.
What is a warm front?
This is the instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Winds that should blow north and south, appear to blow east and west because of this phenomenon.
What it the Coriolis Effect?
Process through which plants contribute water to the water cycle.
What is transpiration?
When this type of warning is declared, people in the area should evacuate low-lying areas and seek shelter further inland. You may want to board up your windows before you leave.
What is a hurricane?
Humans are most comfortable at this relative humidity?
What is 45%
I am the reason your flight from the West coast to the East coast is an hour shorter that your flight from the East coast to the West coast.
What is the jet stream?
Explorers like Magellan and Cortez used these global winds to sail from Europe to the New World.
What are the Trade Winds?
Dust, salt crystals, and other solid particles about which water droplets can form.
What are condensation nuclei?
This sound is produced by the rapid expansion and contraction of air caused when electricity is discharged from a cumulonimbus cloud.
What is thunder?
If this type of front forms over your area, you can expect steady temperatures and steady rain for more than a couple of days
What is a stationary front?
Term that describes the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1g of a material by 1ºC.
What is specific heat capacity?