Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Precipitation
Air Pressure and Wind
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
100
what the lower atmosphere (or troposphere) is like at any given place and time
What is weather
100

When water vapor changes back into a liquid and forms clouds

What is condensation

100

a cloud at ground level

What is fog

100

The kind of air that the polar jet stream brings

What is cool air?

100
the average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
200
the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure
200

This instrument measures the amount of humidity

What is a hygrometer?

200
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
200
a wind that blows from the sea toward the land
What is sea breeze
200
a boundry between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
300

In a high pressure system, the air will (rise/sink)

What is sink

300

the term used to describe the water that is in the air

What is water vapor

300
a type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What are stratus clouds
300
a wind that blows from land toward the water
What is land breeze
300
a large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout
What is air mass
400
this instrument measures air pressure
What is barometer
400

The term used to describe water changing into a water vapor

What is evaporation

400

these clouds are big and puffy

What are cumulus clouds

400

weather with this pressure system is stormy, rainy, cloudy, lousy weather

What is low pressure?

400
when cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
500

The layer of the atmosphere in which all weather occurs

What is the troposphere

500

Term used to describe how much moisture or water vapor is in the air

What is humidity

500
this type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds
500

weather with this type of pressure system is fair weather, sunny, happy weather

What is high pressure?

500
when warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front
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