The Water Cycle
The proces by which a gas changes into a liquid
Condensation
The troposphere is warmest at the (surface/or highest) point.
Surface
A measure of how hot or cold something is
Temperature
The chemical symbol for water.
H2O
What do the yellow arrows mean in the simulator.
Energy
rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the ground
Precipitation
Energy transfers from warm air to cold air until their temperatures become_________________.
Equal
Liquid water droplets suspended in the air
Cloud
When liquid water becomes warmer it can evaporate and become _____________ ________________ in the air.
Water Vapor
Can clouds form and have no rain in the simulator?
Yes
When liquid water becomes a gas
Evaporation
What happens to the location of an air parcel when it is warmer than the surrounding air?
It rises, or moves upward.
Conditions such as rain, clouds and wind at a particular time and place
Weather
The more an air parcel loses energy and cools, the more ____________________ can happen.
Rainfall
Did the temperature decrease or increase in an air parcel as it rises?
Decrease
The source of energy that drives the water cycle
Energy from sunlight
The warmer an air parcel is, the ________ it will rise into the troposphere.
Higher
Something we observe to be similar over and over again
Pattern
These form when water vapor in an air parcel cools and condenses into liquid water?
clouds
When does the temperature in the air parcel stop changing?
When it is equal to the surrounding air.
The continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere.
The Water Cycle
This can move storms to new locations.
Wind
To move from one object to another or one place to another
Transfer
The higher the amount of surface water, the higher the rate of ___________ ________ in the air.
Water vapor
Which way does the energy flow if the air parcel temperature is 10C and the surrounding air is -20C?
From the air parcel to the surrounding air