What is Weather?
What is Weather? II
Weather Patterns
Forecasting & Climate
Global Warming
100
When moisture condenses out of air and falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing________________.
What is precipitation?
100
High, white, feathery clouds usually associated with fair weather are ______________________clouds.
What is cirrus?
100
A(n)________________________ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops.
What is air mass?
100
When severe weather conditions could occur, a ____________________________ is issued.
What is watch?
100
A gas that increases the greenhouse effect is _________________________.
What is methane, carbond dioxide, nitrous oxide?
200
______________________humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount that could be in the air at a certain temperature.
What is Relative?
200
When water droplets form around dust particles and become heavy enough to fall out of the clouds, we have ____________________________.
What is precipitation?
200
A violent, whirling wind that moves over a narrow path on land is a _______________________.
What is tornado?
200
A ______________________ forecasts the weather using data collected from many sources.
What is meteorologist?
200
One cause of _______________ may be deforestation.
What is global warming?
300
Low, layered gray clouds that produce light precipitation are ___________________clouds.
What is Stratus?
300
Water can form on surfaces at night when the air is clear because____________________________.
What is the air near the ground cools to the dew point?
300
A ______________________ forms where two air masses meet.
What is front?
300
Climate can be influenced by_______________________.
What is large bodies of water and mountains?
300
When gas, oil, and coal are burned, ___________________ is released into the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
400
When air holds all the water vapor it possibly can, we say it's ___________________________.
What is saturated?
400
The interaction of air, water, and _________________causes weather.
What is the sun?
400
Different types of precipitation and storms occur in __________________________.
What is low pressure systems?
400
To keep track of pressure, weather maps are drawn with lines connecting points of equal pressure. These lines are called _________________________.
What is isobars?
400
These are being cleared around the world to make way for mining, roads, buildings, drilling for oil, and raising cattle.
What is forests?
500
If air containing moisture is cooled, the temperature at which the vapor condenses is known as the ____________________.
What is dew point?
500
Thick, puffy clouds are called ___________________ clouds.
What is cumulus?
500
One place where ________________ form is along fronts.
What is low pressure systems?
500
A line that connects points of equal temperature.
What is isotherm?
500
What does CFC's stand for?
What is chlorofluorocarbons?
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