General Weather
Air
Weather Fronts
Air Masses
Water Cycle
100
Condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is Weather
100
What is Air
What is the mixture of gases, which form the atmosphere of the Earth.
100
A boundary between two different air masses
What is a front.
100
What is a large body of air with the same temperature and humidity.
What is an air mass?
100
Water vapor cools and forms visible droplets of water in which stage of the water cycle?
What is condensation.
200
The amount of moisture in the air that affects our daily weather forecast.
What is Humidity
200
What type of weather does high pressure cause?
What is clear sunny weather.
200
What kind of front causes colder air to replace the warmer air.
What is a cold front.
200
What type of air mass forms near the equator?
What is Tropical (warm).
200
What does water vapor need to condense on to become a cloud?
What is condensation nuclei.
300
What are are the 3 factors that contribute to weather?
Temperature, humidity, and pressure.
300
What is wind.
What is air that flows form high to low pressure.
300
What kind of front causes warmer air to replace the cooler air.
What is a warm front.
300
What type of air can hold more moisture?
What is Warm air.
300
When liquid water evaporates into the air it becomes a gas known as _________.
What is water vapor.
400
What is the driving force of weather on earth?
What is the sun.
400
What causes air molecules to start slowing down, move closer together and become more dense.
What is when air is cooled.
400
What type of front causes cold air and warm air to not move.
What is a stationary front.
400
Describe the air mass that originates over Canada.
What is cold and dry.
400
What causes water vapor in the air to condense?
What is cooler temperatures.
500
What is climate?
What is weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time.
500
What causes air molecules to start moving fast, spread apart and become less dense.
What is when air is heated.
500
Along a front, which air is always forced upwards?
What is warmer, less dense air.
500
Describe an air mass that forms over the Gulf of Mexico.
What is humid and warm.
500
What makes the water cycle possible?
What is heat from the sun.
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