💧 Water Cycle
This process turns liquid water into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
Weather occurs in this layer.
What is the troposphere?
This air mass is cold and dry.
What is cP (continental polar)?
This front moves quickly and can cause thunderstorms.
What is a cold front?
This refers to day-to-day atmospheric conditions.
What is weather?
This happens when water vapor cools and forms clouds.
What is condensation?
The ozone layer is found here.
What is the statosphere?
This air mass forms over the Gulf of Mexico and is warm and humid.
What is mT (maritime Tropical)?
This front brings light, steady rain for a longer period.
What is a warm front?
This refers to long-term patterns over many years.
What is climate?
Rain,snow,sleet, and hail are forms of this.
What is precipitation?
Meteors burn up in this layer.
What is the mesosphere?
This air mass forms over deserts and is hot and dry.
What is cT (continental tropical)?
This happens when two air masses stop moving and stall.
What is a stationary front?
“It snowed yesterday” is an example of this.
What is weather?
This process releases water vapor from plants.
What is transpiration?
Satellites orbit in this outermost layer.
What is the exosphere?
This air mass forms over the Pacific Ocean and is cool and moist.
What is mP (maritime polar)?
This front forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front.
What is an occluded front?
“Arizona is usually dry” is an example of this.
What is climate?
What is the main energy source that powers the water cycle?
What is the Sun?
In this layer, temperatures increase because gases absorb solar radiation.
What is the thermosphere?
Which air mass most often affects NJ in winter?
What is cP?
Which front usually causes the most intense storms?
What is a cold front?
Why is climate harder to change than weather?
Because climate is based on long-term patterns over many years.