Elements of Weather
Clouds/Cloud formation
What influences weather
Climate
EXTRA
100
The condition of earths atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is Weather
100
Small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air
What is a cloud
100
Large volume of air in which temperature and moisture are nearly the same throughout.
What is air mass
100
Describes weather conditions in an area over a long distance of time.
What is climate
100
movement of water in a certain direction
What is ocean currents
200
A measurement of how much water vapor is in the air
What is humidity
200
nuclei that provide a surface for clouds to form
What is cloud condensation.
200
A boundary for air masses
What is a front
200
The angular distance in degrees north and south of the equator.
What is latitude.
200
When air sinks down into a lower air pressure zone
What is high air pressure system
300
The temperature in which more condensation occurs then evaporation.
What is The dew point.
300
The movement of water between land, the atmosphere, oceans, and living things.
What is the water cycle
300
Long distance winds for thousands if kilometers, west to east, fast.
What is jet streams.
300
The surface features of an area
What is topography
300
Warm air masses follow retreating cold air masses
What is warm front
400
A tool used to measure relative humidity
What is a physchrometer
400
The movement of air horizontally
What is wind
400
cold air masses go under warm air masses .
What is cold fronts.
400
The height above sea level.
What is elevation
400
clouds that form near the earth
What is fog
500
Used to measure data from the atmosphere.
What is a satellite
500
(MULTI QUESTION)When warm air floats over cold air; When a obstacle forces an air mass upwards
What is frontal lifting; what is orographic lifting.
500
Such as deforestation and man made objects such as canals and freeways also factories.
What is human influences
500
Currents on top of the surface of the ocean
What is surface currents
500
evaporation takes place over cold water and cools to its dew point
What is steam fog
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