Water Cycle Processes
Water Cycle
Weather Factors
Causes of Weather
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What is the process of a liquid becoming a gas?
Evaporation
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Where is most of the water in the world at any given time?
In the world's oceans
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What would happen if the equatorward and poleward temperatures are drastically different?
The weather would be more severe, and there would be a lot of precipitation.
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What kind of weather happens after a warm front?
Warm, sunny and mild weather
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What kind of pressure system brings a lot of precipitation?
Low pressure
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What is the process of gas turning into a liquid?
Condensation
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What provides the energy that drive the water cycle?
The Sun
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What is the level of moisture in the air called?
Humidity
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What kind of weather comes with a cold front?
Lots of precipitation, and cold weather comes after the cold front
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Is the greenhouse effect good or bad?
Both! The greenhouse effect is good because it keeps the Sun's heat around the Earth, so that Earth stays warm. But if there is too many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere then not enough heat will escape the atmosphere and it will become too warm on Earth.
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What is the process of water evaporating directly from a plant?
Transpiration
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What is the main reason that we study the water cycle?
To help those in need!
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When is it more likely to precipitate: with high humidity or low humidity?
When humidity is high
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What is a front?
The leading edge of an air mass (either warm or cold). The movement of these air masses is what causes weather.
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What would cause a wave to have more energy?
If the cause of the wave has more energy, then the wave itself will have more energy
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What is the process of liquid or solid water falling from clouds to the ground?
Precipitation
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When does new water get added to the water cycle?
Never! It is a cycle, so water is neither lost or added from the water cycle.
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What would happen in equatorward and poleward temperatures were very similar?
The air masses would be close in temperature and the weather would be mild
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What is the main factor that determines if the weather will be rain or snow?
The temperature must be below freezing for it to snow or hail.
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What causes the different temperature air masses?
The uneven heating of the Earth by the Sun.
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What is is called when water gathers on the Earth during the water cycle?
Collection
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What is necessary for gas to become a liquid, or for liquid to become a solid?
A condensation nuclei
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Which type of pressure would bring better weather?
High pressure
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How do air masses move during an occluded front?
A cold front overtakes a warm front
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What is the greenhouse effect?
Heat energy getting trapped onto the Earth's surface by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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