Water Cycle
Water changes from a liquid to a gas in this process.
What is evaporation?
Humidity is the amount of this in the air.
What is water or moisture?
Air with similar temperature and humidity.
What is an air mass?
These narrow bands of strong, fast-moving air currents are found in the upper levels of the atmosphere and can significantly influence weather patterns.
What is a jet stream?
What kind of energy is released with lightning.
What is static energy?
The water cycle depends on _______ to provide it energy.
What is the sun?
When air rises, water vapor in the air will do this.
What is condense?
he direction of surface wind flow is generally outward and clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere around these systems.
What are high-pressure systems?
These are the dominant surface winds that blow in a consistent direction over a particular region of the globe.
What are prevailing winds?
What hurricanes are called in the Pacific Ocean.
What is "typhoon"?
The process in which water molecules in the air are changed into liquid water.
What is condensation?
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to how much it can hold in total.
What is relative humidity?
Air rises in these systems, often leading to cloud formation and precipitation.
What are low-pressure systems?
The earth's rotation causes this - which causes wind to deflect to the side.
What is the Coriolis effect?
Tornadoes can travel this fast.
What is 400 km/hour?
The way in which water returns to the earth.
What is precipitation?
This is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
This causes rain and storms.
What is a weather front?
This local wind pattern often occurs at night when land cools more quickly than adjacent water, causing air to flow from the land towards the water.
What is a land breeze?
Cyclones take place in this part of the world.
What are the tropics/ equator?
The process of water vapor from plants returning to the air.
What is transpiration?
What is the temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor and condensation begins?
What is dew point?
What kind of energy is released when air masses collide?
What is thermal energy?
These powerful, rotating storms that form over warm ocean waters derive their energy from the evaporation and condensation of water, and their intensity is often measured by wind speed.
What are hurricanes (typhoons, cyclones)?
This crucial ingredient for thunderstorm development often originates from warm ocean waters and is necessary for cloud formation and precipitation.
What is moisture?