Climate Vs. Weather
Layers of the Atmosphere
Water Cycle
Air Pressure and Fronts
Clouds
100
Day-to- day, unpredictable, 24 hours
What is Weather
100
The Atmosphere is divided into ____ layers
What is 5
100

when too much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it any longer.

What is Precipitation

100
As the air near the surface of the earth becomes warmer, the air particles move father apart. The air becomes lighter and rises
What is Low Pressure
100
thick blocks sun steady precipitation
What is Nimbostratus
200
long term, predictable, 30 years
What is climatology
200
ozone layer, and weather balloons; absorbs sun's ultraviolet radiation
What is Stratosphere
200
When the sun heats the water in rivers, lakes, or ocean and turns into vapor steam
What is evaporation
200
Cold air is heavier than warm air. Its air particles are packed closer and push down harder
What is high pressure
200
dark towering heavy rain, can cause thunder storms
What is cumulonimbus
300
associated with cumulonimbus cloud, heavy rain, thunder, and possible hail
What is a Thunderstorm
300
Coldest layer and burns up meteoroids
What is Mesosphere
300
when water falls back to the earth precipitation. It may fall back in the oceans, lakes, rivers or it may soak up on land as "ground water"
What is Collection
300
caused when cooler air from the high-pressure area sinks toward the earth
What is wind
300
means cloud in Latin
What is Nimbus
400
Created by lightning
What is thunder
400
Clouds, airplanes and 75% of the gases
What is Troposphere
400
when water vapor in the air gets cold and changes into a liquid; the water collects in the clouds
What is Condensation
400
clouds form and causes dangerous weather
What is cold fronts
400
thin feather like change is coming
What is Cirrus
500
huge storm; gather heat and energy through contact with warm ocean waters
What is hurrican
500
Made up of the ionosphere and exosphere. It is very hot and can reach 3,600 degrees
What is Termosphere
500
the process of evaporation from the leaves
What is Transpiration
500
warm and cold air push against one another
What is Stationary Fronts
500
puffy, feather like, high
What is Cirrocumulus
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