Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather & More Clouds
Fronts
Fronts (cont.)
100
The main source of energy
What is the sun?
100
a visible collection of tiny water droplets or frozen ice pieces floating in the air
What is a cloud?
100
rain, hail, sleet, or snow
What is precipitation?
100
large areas of air with similar temperatures
What are air masses?
200
The radiation from the sun warms the ocean water and water vapor rises in the air.
What is evaporation?
200
condensed water on objects on the surface of the earth whose temperature has reached the dewpoint temperature
What is dew?
200
a cloud that forms near the ground as the air temperature at the surface cools to the dewpoint temperature
What is fog?
200
the area where a cooler air mass and a warmer air mass join
What is a front?
300
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
300
These clouds are very high, thin, and see-through
What are cirrus clouds?
300
The change of state of a gas directly into a solid. Frost is a product of this when the dewpoint falls below freezing point of water.
What is deposition?
300
The type of front that takes place when cold air mass runs into a warmer air mass.
What is a cold front?
300
Stationary front
What is a front that is not moving?
400
The pattern in which water travels throughout the environment.
What is the water cycle?
400
clouds that have flat bottoms and large, puffy shapes (almost like cotton balls)
What are cumulus clouds?
400
The distance between earth and the bottom of a cloud.
What is ceiling?
400
The type of front where a warm air mass is moving into a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
400
a low pressure area at the center of all storms; the air inside these low pressure areas are spiraling upwards into its center
What is a cyclone?
500
carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor
What are greenhouse gases?
500
Clouds that are long, flat and seem to fill up the sky like a large sheet
What are stratus clouds?
500
tiny particles of dust, dirt, smoke, etc. that allow water vapor to hold onto before it can condense to from a cloud
What is condensation nuclei?
500
The type of front in which the cooler air mass from a cold front runs into the cooler air mass inside a warm front.
What is an occuluded front?