water cycle
The scientific name for the water cycle
What is the Hydrologic cycle.
The condition of the Earths atmosphere at a certain time or place
What is weather
A small collection of water droplets or crystals
What is a cloud
a mass of cold air sliding under hot rising air cooling and the air cools to dew point
What is frontal lifting
the process when liquid turns to gas
what is evaporation
What do clouds condense on?
What is Nuclei
The measure of how hot or cold something is
What is temperature
Helps the the sun radiate and keep the earth warm
What is high altitude thin clouds
Obstacle forces air upward causing it to cool
what is Orographic lifting
dust salt soil or smoke which clouds condense on
what is Nuclei
Four main types of precipitation
What is sleet, snow, rain, and hail
The temperature at which more condensation than evaporation occurs
What is dew point
Helps reflect sun radiation and cool earth
What is thick low altitude clouds
Warm air moves over cool air
What is warm front
measure of transparency in the atmosphere
what is visibility
What powers the water cycle?
What is the sun
Measured with Psychrometer
What is humidity
Pattern of (blank) will effect climate
What is precipitation
cold air moves under warm air
what is cold front
what is stationary
The three stages of the water cycle
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
Any form of water that falls from the clouds
What is precipitation
A stratus cloud at ground level
What is fog
cold and warm air masses stop moving because there is not enough wind power
what is stationary front
air moving parallel from the Earth
what is wind