Vocabulary
Vocab. Continued
Test Prep.
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Rain, snow, and sleet are kinds of this.
What is precipitation
100
Liquid changes directly to a gas by this process.
What is evaporation?
100
Winds blow inward and counterclockwise in this type of pressure system.
What is low?
100
Air that moves horizontally?
What is wind?
100
This is what could be coming if the barometer, or air pressure, begins to fall.
What is a storm?
200
The effect that causes winds to follow a curved path over Earth's surface.
What is the Coriolis effect?
200
Wind blowing from the land toward the sea.
What is land breeze?
200
This is the part of the atmospher weather takes place.
What is troposphere?
200
A cloud at ground level.
What is fog?
200
The two of the gases air contains.
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
300
The cloud that forms in blanketlike layers.
What is stratus clouds?
300
This is the process that turns water vapor into raindrops.
What is condensation?
300
When your glass sweats, this is where the water comes from: the drink, the air, a puddle, or the glass itself.
What is the air?
300
A comparison of how much water vapor is in the air, and how much the air can hold.
What is relative humidity?
300
Two things clouds are made up of.
What is water droplets and/or ice crystals?
400
Wind blowing from the ocean to the land.
What is sea breeze?
400
This measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
Isobars indicate this.
What is air pressure?
400
Air pressure does this as you get higher.
What is decreases?
400
You call water vapor from plant leaves this.
What is transpiration?
500
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
500
A high, wispy cloud made of ice crystals.
What is cirrus clouds?
500
On a hot day, this is how a lake most likely feels.
What is cooler than land?
500
The angle at which the Sun's rays hit Earth is this. What does it stand for?
What is insolation? INcoming SOLar radiATION
500
You can measure these to find out the angle of insolation.
What is shadows?
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