Vocabulary
Key Concepts
Wind/Clouds
The Water Cycle
Clouds/Rain
100

an amount of air that moves as a unit

What is AIR PARCEL
100
As temperature DECREASES you move ____________ in the atmosphere
What is HIGHER
100
This moves horziontally or parallel to the ground
What is WIND
100
Earth's water goes through a never ending cycle of _________, _________, and __________ .
What are EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION, AND PRECIPIATION
100

_____ are made of small liquid water droplets that aggregate and fall to the ground as rain

What is CLOUDS?
200

Tiny liquid water droplets suspended in the air

What is a CLOUD
200

increased amount of surface water can cause the amount of ________ to increase

What is RAINFALL
200

Winds that are strong enough to more a current

What is prevailing winds

200
The amount of water vapor in the air depends on the ________, and amount of surface water. 
What is TEMPERATURE (SUN'S HEAT)
200
This condenses and forms clouds
What is WATER VAPOR
300

the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

What is CONDENSATION
300

warmer air parcels rise _____ in the troposphere and lose more energy

What are HIGHER
300

clouds are made of ______


What are TINY DROPLETS OF LIQUID WATER
300
This is the process when a LIQUID becomes a GAS
What is EVAPORATION
300
These are puffy white clouds with dark bases
What are CUMULUS CLOUDS
400

the ability to make things move or change

What is ENERGY
400
This is the process when a GAS becomes a LIQUID
What is CONDENSATION
400
Higher clouds have ______ (more/less) energy 
What are MORE
400

____ _____ temperature and height in the troposphere relate to rainfall

What is AIR PARCEL
400
Fog is a type of _____________ cloud.
What is STRATUS
500

the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

What is EVAPORATION
500
Rain/drizzle, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all forms of
What is PRECIPITATION
500
clouds rise until they are the _____________  _______________ as the air around them
What is SAME TEMPERATURE 
500

warmer air parcels rise higher in the

troposphere and _____ more energy 

What is LOSE/TRANSFER
500

______ rain, also known as warm weather rain, occurs when an air parcel warms up because of ocean winds, the air parcel rises and cools at the mountains and rain occurs on the windward side of the mountain due to temperature differences.  

What is OROGRAPHIC

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