Cloudy Days
These clouds are spread out across the sky and are in layers.
What are stratus clouds?
A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
What is a storm?
Weather occurs in this layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is troposphere?
The part of the water cycle where the Sun’s heat causes liquid water from oceans, lakes, and rivers to become water vapor.
What is evaporation?
This is how a stationary front forms.
What is cold and warm air masses meet, but neither can move the other?
Cumulus clouds bring this type of weather.
What is fair weather?
A tropical low pressure system with wind speeds up to 119 km/hr (74 mph).
What is a hurricane?
This layer of Earth's atmosphere contains ozone.
What is stratosphere?
This is transpiration.
What is plants release water vapor (gas) into the atmosphere through their leaves?
Wind moves from areas of _____ to ______ pressure.
What is high to low?
These clouds are thin, wispy, and have a high altitude and bring this type of weather. (name the type of cloud AND weather it brings)
What are cirrus clouds and fair weather BUT changing soon?
These storms are most likely to form in a supercell thunderstorm.
What is a tornado?
The thermosphere is best known for this feature.
What is aurora borealis?
Condensation happens when water vapor (gas) cools and changes into liquid droplets, forming this.
What are clouds?
This type of weather is associated with high pressure systems.
What is clear skies and dry conditions?
The name of a cloud that is low and puffy (don't forget the prefix!).
What is stratocumulus?
These types of clouds form thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus?
These two layers of Earth's atmosphere increase in temperature as altitude increases.
What are stratosphere and thermosphere?
As temperatures on Earth increase, the rate of evaporation __________, which increases this stage of the water cycle ____________.
What is increases and precipitation?
This type of weather is associated with low pressure systems.
What is windy conditions, cloudy skies, and precipitation?
The altitude and appearance of an altocirrus cloud.
What is a medium, thin and wispy cloud?
These are 3 ways to stay safe in a thunderstorm.
What are:
1. Stay inside away from windows.
2. If outside, find a low area away from trees, poles, and fences.
3. If you are swimming, get out of the water.
4. Avoid metals and water.
These are 3 reasons the Earth's atmosphere is important to life on Earth.
What are:
1. Keeps Earth's surface warm enough for water to exist as a liquid
2. Protects living things from radiation (ozone layer)
3. Prevents Earth from being hit by meteors
This part of the water cycle is when water soaks into the ground and replenishes ground water supplies.
What is infiltration?
This type of weather is associated with cold fronts.
What is clouds, rain, snow, thunderstorms, but it clears quickly?