water cycle
What are the stages of the water cycle?
Evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration
What are the 4 main front types?
warm,cold,occluded,stationary.
What happens to the temperature and pressure in each layers of the atmosphere?
The temperature changes to the opposite of the layer just before it.
The pressure decreases as you go further toward space because there are not as many gasses/is not as much density to cause pressure.
What is weather?
Weather is a day to day condition of the air around us in a short time span.
What are the 4 types of air masses?
Maritime polar, maritime tropical, continental polar, continental tropical
what is the water cycle powered by
the sun
What is a stationary front?
When a front stops moving and you have clouds, rain, or snow for a long period of time.
What layer is between stratosphere and thermosphere and is the coldest?
Mesosphere
What is the climate?
Climate is the condition of the air around us in a very long time span.
What happens when 2 air masses meet?
The air masses don't mix and cause weather events like tornadoes or thunderstorms over land and hurricanes over the ocean.
What is the difference between evaporation and transpiration?
Transpiration is where water get absorbed through plants and the water gets turned into a vapor through the leaves.
Evaporation is when a liquid turns to a vapor.
What is a warm front - explain what it does
a warm front is when a warm air mass goes over or covers a cold air mass moving in the same direction. There is steady light rain where the temperature rises and the pressure drops.
What layer are sometimes referred to part of the thermosphere?
Exosphere and can include the Ionosphere (a very active part of the atmosphere, and it grows and shrinks depending on the energy it absorbs from the Sun )
What can come from clouds?
Water in the form of rain,sleet,snow,hail or mist.
What causes air masses to move?
Wind and air currents cause an air mass to move. These are caused by the unequal heating of the Earth by the Sun and the Coriolis Effect.
What happens when precipitation becomes ground water?
infiltration
What is a cold front?
A front that quickly slides under a warm air mass and produces violent thunderstorms. The temperature drops and the pressure rises leaving a steady light rain or snow with cool clear skies.
What layer has the most gases in it?
Troposphere
How is weather formed?
It is caused by the heating of the Earth by the sun and movement of the air due to the Coriolis Effect.
How long can air masses control the weather?
From the hour to hour or up to months.
Does the amount of water in the water cycle ever change?
No. It remains constant though it is in different stages constantly.
what weather does the fronts bring?
a warm front brings stormy weather. a cold front brings gusty winds and precipitation. stationary fronts brings precipitation and sometimes severe weather. an occluded front brings precipitation.
What are the layers of the atmosphere in order from Earth to Space?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
What are factors that can effect weather?
wind, temperature, pressure, humidity, clouds, and precipitation.
What is the warmest air mass?
Tropical