Vocabulary
Clouds
Water Cycle
Elements of Weather
Misc.
100

A condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place

What is weather?

100

What do clouds produce?

precipitation

100

What are the three things that the water cycle must go through?

Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

100

What is relative humidity?

amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation

100

What are the different types of fronts?

Stationary fronts, cold fronts, and warm fronts

200

A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in the air

What are clouds?

200

What is fog?

A cloud that forms near Earth's surface

200

What is evaporation

Process of a liquid to a gas

200

What is a dew point?

The temperature at which more condensation than evaporation occurs

200

What is a stationary front?

A front where both air masses stop moving

300

A large volume of air

What is an air mass?

300

What are the different types of clouds?

Ground fog, steam fog, and sea fog

300

What is condensation?

Process of water vapor back to liquid

300

What do we use to measure temperature?

A thermometer

300

What is a cold front?

A front when the cold air moves under the warm air

400

Amount of water vapor in the air

What is humidity?

400

How are clouds formed?

Clouds are formed through the process of condensation.

400

What is precipitation?

Process of water falling to Earth's surface

400

What do we use to measure humidity?

A barometer

400

What is a warm front?

Warm fronts are fronts that have a warm air mass move under a cold air mass

500

A boundary between two air masses.

What is a front?

500

What is cloud condensation nuclei?

A substance that water droplets condense on to form clouds.

500

What are the four types of precipitation?

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail

500

What do we use to measure relative humidity?

A pyschrometer

500

How does the sun affect weather?

The sun drives the water cycle which affects the weather

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