Water Cycle
Air masses
Fronts
Clouds
Vocabulary
100
The first step of the water cycle
What is evaporation
100
A warm wet air mass
What is Maritime tropical
100
The cold dense fast moving air runs into warm, less dense air and slides under it
What is cold front
100
The ingredients to form a cloud
What is water, dust, and temperature at or below dew point
100
direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
What is radiation
200
When water and clouds turns into snow what is it called
What is precipitation
200
A cold dry air mass
What is Continental polar
200
A front that warm, less dense fast moving air runs into more dense cold air and slides over
What is a warm front
200
this happens when water droplets in clouds swell and become to heavy
What is precipitation
200
The condition of Earths atmosphere at a particular time and place
What is weather
300
The human activity that uses the most water worldwide
What is agriculture
300
Warm dry air mass
What is Continental tropical
300
A front where cold and warm air masses meet but cannot move past each other
What is stationary front
300
The process that water goes through when it goes from a gas to a liquid and forms a cloud
What is condensation
300
the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air
What is humidity
400
The human activity that uses the most water in the United States
What is industry
400
A cold wet air mass
What is Maritime polar
400
A front where a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses and are pushed upward.
What is occluded front
400
What is the most common type of cloud
What is cumulus
400
the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
What is wind
500
Ways that runoff can be a problem
What is flooding, and erosion
500
Air masses that might reach California
What is Maritime polar and Maritime tropical
500
The type of weather you would expect if an area of low pressure and a cold front is moving toward our area
What is wind, lots of clouds, cold weather, and/lots of precipitation.
500
The very rare, new addition to the cloud atlas
What is asperitas
500
the varying temperature at which condensation occurs
What is a dew point
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