When the sun heats up water causing some to enter the atmosphere
What is evaporation
100
When air heated, it will likely
a.expand and rise
b. condense and fall
What is expand and rise
100
The change in this from high to low creates wind
What is air pressure/density
100
Sea breezes and land breezes are examples
What is local winds
200
High wispy clouds, usually seen on a clear day.
What is cirrus
200
The process by which water vapor in the atmosphere cools and becomes a liquid
What is persipitation
200
Uneven heating between land and water creates
What is local wind (sea and land breezes)
200
A narrow belt of strong winds found in the upper troposphere.
What is the jet stream
200
Energy transferred from the sun directly to an object
What is radiation
300
Layerd grey clouds, usually a sign of a storm.
What is stratus
300
Why is it usually more humid in the summer time?
What is warm air holds more water vapor
300
Comparing a cup of coffee to a cup of ice water, how do the particles compare?
a. particles in the ice water move faster
b. particles in the coffee move faster
What is particles in the coffee move faster
300
Wind begins blowing when
a. warm air rises and cool air falls
b. Earth is spinning quickly
What is warm air rises and cool air falls
300
When heat it transferred by water and gases.
What is convection
400
Mid height clouds that look like little puffs about the size of your fist.
What is cumulus clouds
400
The form of energy transfer that requires a form of liquid to travel across. Such as water or air
What is convection
400
A convection current is formed because
a. cold air is more dense than warm air
b. warm air is more dense than cold air
What is cold air is more dense than warm air
400
Sea breezes usually occur during the day because the suns radiation heats up the _______ faster than __________
What is heats up the land faster than water
400
When air is moving from an area of high to low pressure it creates...
What is wind
500
Tall dark clouds that usually carry a thunderstorm.
What is cumulonimbus clouds
500
These form when water vapor in the atmosphere condense and create ice crystals
What is clouds
500
Compare conduction to radiation
What is conduction needs a material to pass through, while radiation does not.
500
An area of calm weather near the equator
What is the doldrums
500
When Earth's rotation causes moving air and water to appear to move to the right or left to due its hemisphere.