Atmosphere and Air Pressure
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds
Precipitation
Air Pressure and Wind
100
the amount of the sun's energy that reaches Earth
What is insolation?
100
the water in the air
What is water vapor?
100
clouds at ground level
What is fog?
100
any form of water particles that fall from the atmosphere
What is precipitation?
100
warm temperatures have this type of pressure
What is low?
200
the closest layer of the atmosphere, all weather happens here
What is troposphere?
200
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
200
clouds are made up of one of these two things
What is ice crystals and water droplets?
200
ice crystals and water droplets clump around particles of these
What is dust?
200
air that rises is an _______________, and air that sinks is a ___________________
What is updraft and downdraft?
300
the force put ona given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure?
300
the changing of a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
300
these clouds form a blanketlike layer, they produce overcast days
What is stratus?
300
these clouds often bring heavy rain or snow showers
What is cumulus?
300
a wind that blows from the the sea toward the land
What is sea breeze?
400
these two things decrease as you go higher in the atmosphere
What is temperature and air pressure?
400
Plants absorb water through their roots, carry it to the stems and leaves, the leaves then release water through this process.
What is transpiration?
400
these are puffy clouds that appear to rise up from a flat bottom, they indicate fair weather for the next few hours
What is cumulus?
400
these clouds often bring slow steady rain
What is stratus?
400
No matter which way the wind blows it will curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere due to this
What is Coriolis Effect?
500
what the troposhere is like at any given time
What is weather?
500
as the air rises and cools, the water vapor init condenses into tiny water droplets forming these
What is clouds?
500
these clouds indicate fair weather and are formed high in the sky
What is cirrus?
500
this type of precipitation occurs when updrafts in huge clouds hurl ice pellets upward again and again
What is hail?
500
these winds affect our wind and weather patterns in the United States
What is Prevailing Westeries?
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