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
Wind moves from an area of _________ pressure toward an area of _________ pressure
What is HIGHER  and LOWER 
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 when it began and has _______ (more/less) energy when it stops?

What is MORE and LESS

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 layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth, where weather happens

What is TROPOSPHERE

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 OUT

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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