Force and Motion
Weather and the Atmosphere
Energy
100
The force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
What is Gravity
100
The zone separating two air masses, of which the cooler, denser mass is advancing and replacing the warmer.
What is cold front
100
exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something.
What is work
200
To have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal; slant.
What is Slope
200
A transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing
What is warm front
200
The energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system
What is kinetic energy
300
Rapidity of motion or operation
What is Velocity
300
The act or process of evaporating
What is evaporation
300
The energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
What is potential energy
400
The amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
What is Weight
400
Strong, generally westerly winds concentrated in a relatively narrow and shallow stream in the upper troposphere of the earth
What is Jet Stream
400
The state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
What is heat
500
The opposition of the atmosphere to forward movement
What is Air Resistance
500
Physics. The transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.
What is Convection
500
The standard unit of work or energy in the International System of Units, Also measured in Newton's.
What is Joules
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