The Atmosphere
Precipitation
Storms
Clouds
Vocabulary
100
The atmosphere is mainly a mixture of these 2 gases.
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
100
This is the most common form of precipitation.
What is rain.
100
These are 2 kinds of weather fronts and their symbols.
What are cold (pointy) and warm (curved)
100

Clouds that look wispy or feathery are called

What cirrus clouds

100
This is the term that describes any form of water tha falls from clouds
What is precipitation
200
Air pressure does this as altitude increases.
What is decreases.
200
These are ice pellets that are larger than 5 mm and form during a thunderstorm.
What is hail.
200
When the sun heats and evaporates large amounts of ocean water it can form this type of storm.
What is a hurricane.
200
These clouds produce snow.
What are nimbo stratus.
200
Weather happens in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere.
300
This is the chemical formula for ozone and its location in the atmosphere.
What is O3 and the stratosphere.
300
This is the reason why weather around the word is different.
What is the uneven heating of the earth.
300
This is the symbol for a warm front
What is curved
300
These clouds form at or near the ground.
What is fog
300
This process turns water vapor in the air into a liquid
What is condensation
400
These are the 4 main layers of the atmosphere in order from the Earth.
What are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere
400
This is the instrument that is used to measure rain.
What is the rain gauge.
400
When air masses come together in the center of the US they form these dangerous storms.
What are tornadoes
400
These are the 3 main types of clouds.
What are cumulus, cirrus, & stratus.
400
This is what happens when there are long periods of little or no precipitation.
What is drought.
500
Convection currents are created when this happens in the air.
What is warm air rises and cold air sinks.
500
These are the 5 common types of precipitaiton.
What are rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow.
500
Thunderhead clouds are classified as these in science.
What cumulonimbus clouds.
500
These are the layered clouds that cover much of the sky.
What are stratus clouds.
500
This is the amount of water vapor in the air compared with the amount it can hold.
What is the relative humidity.
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