Understanding Weather
Clouds and Fog
Precipitation
Air Masses
Climate
100
The study of weather and of the atmospheric conditions that produce weather.
What is meteorology?
100
This type of cloud forms a flat, gray layer of heavy clouds not far above the ground.
What is stratus?
100
Precipitation made of ice crystals that fall to the ground.
What is snow?
100
This type of air mass brings cool, wet weather.
What is Maritime polar?
100

Name two of the five different climate types

temperate, tropical, continental, polar, and arid
200
The year-round atmospheric conditions of a certain place.
What is climate?
200
A mixture of smoke and fog.
What is smog?
200
Rain that freezes before it hits the ground.
What is sleet?
200
This type of front forms when a warm air mass moves into a region occupied by a cold air mass.
What is warm front?
200

List two of the five factors that impact climate

latitude, elevation, near by bodies of water, elevation, complex interactions of uneven heating of earth

300
The process of a liquid becoming a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
White, billowy clouds that resemble piles of cotton puffs.
What is cumulus?
300
Layered balls of ice.
What is hailstone?
300
This type of air mass brings warm, moist weather.
What is Maritime tropical?
300

The interaction of climate and ecosystems creates different ___________, which is based on vegetation, precipitation, and temperature 

What is biome?

400
The ratio comparing the actual humidity to the humidity of saturated air under the same conditions.
What is relative humidity?
400

Which type of cloud is associated with rain 

nimbus/ nimbo

400
Drops of liquid that have a diameter of 0.5mm or greater and fall from the clouds to the earth.
What is rain?
400

This type of front forms when two air masses push against each other but neither advances.

What is stationary front?

400

Give two naturally occuring events that can impact climate changes

volcanic activity, varitions in Earth's orbit, solar flares

500

What causes sea breezes and land breezes? Be specific for each. 

sea breezes occure during the day when cool air blows from the sea to the land, which is has heated up faster. land breezes occure at night when cool air blows from the land to the sea because the water has held in it's heat and the air over the water is warmer. 

500
A thick, brownish haze that results from complex molecules released into the air by vehicles and some factories and plants.
What is photochemical smog?
500
A drought based on a water shortage's effect on people.
What is socioeconomic drought?
500
What weather is mostly associated with a low pressure front? High pressure? 

low pressure causes clouds and rain, and high pressure clear skies. 

500

What are two human activities that can impact climate change? 

deforestation, CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions, industrialization, burning fossil fuels, agricultural practices

600

Water vapor in the air that touches the cooler ground and turns to a liquid. This is measured in meterology with the _______________

What is dew? Dew point 

600
The most frequent type of cloud.
What is stratocumulus? 
600
A drought that occurs when precipitation cannot supply enough moisture to the ground to support an area's crops.
What is agricultural drought?
600
A large body of air with relatively uniform properties.
What is air mass?
600

The three factors that affect the density of an air mass are _________, __________, and ___________. How does climate change impact these

What is temperature, humidity, and pressure? Increases in temperature allow the air to hold more moisture, also increasing the air pressure and density. 

700
Water vapor in the air that touches the ground and turns to ice.
What is frost?
700

When you see cirrus clouds, what type of weather can you expect soon? Why? 

Precipitation, cirrus clouds move in ahead of a weather front

700
Snowflakes with white, feathery branches forming a leaf or star shaped pattern.
What is dendrite?
700
This type of front forms a Y shape.
What is occluded front?
700

Explain two possible to solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change. 

varies

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