Water Cycle
What is the first process of the Water Cycle?
Evaporation
What cloud is big,puffy and looks like cotton balls?
Cumulus
What breeze comes from the land?
Land Breeze.
Where does the Gulf Stream start/originate?
Gulf of Mexico
If low air pressure moves into North Carolina, what kind of weather will we have?
Bad, Rainy, Windy
What is the process of condensation?
Water vapor cools, changes back into water forming clouds.
Describe what a cirrus cloud looks like.
Thin, Wispy, feather like clouds high in the sky.
What breeze comes from the sea?
Sea Breeze.
Which direction does the gulf stream flow?
North.
What air pressure brings good weather?
High air pressure
What do we have to have for the Water Cycle to work?
The Sun.
Thunderstorms, bad weather
What kind of air will be over the ocean in a sea breeze.
Cool air.
Which coast does the gulf stream flow near?
East Coast.
What weather does a cold front bring?
Bad weather, snowy, storms
What is Transpiration?
The evaporation of water/sweat off of plants.
What are Nimbus clouds and what weather do they bring?
They bring steady rain or snow and look like dark/gray clouds.
What kind of air will be over the land on a land breeze?
Cool air.
What does the Gulf stream bring with it?
Warm water/air.
Which instrument measures Air pressure?
Barometer
Draw the Water Cycle and label each process on it.
Open ended.
Draw each cloud type and label them.
Open ended.
What kind of air pressure goes with cool air and what kind of air pressure goes with warm air?
High Pressure
Low pressure
How does the Gulf Stream affect NC?
More hurricanes in summer
What front is where two air masses meet but neither is strong to move each other so they just stay there?
Stationary front.