Water Cycle
Clouds
Humidity
Fronts
Weather Tools/Symbols
100
The continuous circulation of water.
What is The Water Cycle?
100
The number of classifications of clouds.
What is 3?
100
The amount of water vapor held in the air.
What is humidity?
100
A large body of air that has the same temperature and moisture content as the area over which is formed.
What is an air mass?
100
This tool shows the direction of wind.
What is a wind (weather) vane?
200
The phase when water changes from a liquid to gas.
What is evaporation?
200
The prefix for mid-level clouds.
What is "alto-"?
200
At ____________ temperatures, the molecules of water vapor in the air move quickly.
What is warmer?
200
The cold air goes under the warm air and lifts it.
What is a cold front?
200
This front symbol is purple.
What is an occluded front?
300
The phase when water changes from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
The feathery, wispy type of clouds.
What is cirrus clouds?
300
If the air is holding half of its full capacity, its relative humidity would be _____________.
What is 50%?
300
Wet weather might last for days in a _________ front.
What is a warm front?
300
An instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
The four types of precipitation.
What is snow, rain, sleet, and hail?
400
This word means dark and stormy clouds.
What is nimbus?
400
The measure of the amount of moisture held in the air compared with the amount of moisture the air can hold at a given temperature.
What is relative humidity?
400
This front's symbol looks like a zipper.
What is a stationary front?
400
The instrument with two thermometers that measures relative humidity.
What is a psychrometer?
500
The water vapor that evaporates off of the plants.
What is transpiration?
500
The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms.
What is dew point?
500
Dry bulb- 25 Wet bulb- 17 Relative Humidity- __________
What is 45%?
500
This front involves three air masses. Cold air and cool air push warm air up and away from the surface.
What is an occluded front?
500
The symbols of the four air masses that affect the United States.
What is cP (Continental Polar), cT (Continental Tropical), mP (Maritime Polar), mT (Maritime Tropical)
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