A condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather?
What do clouds produce?
precipitation
What are the three things that the water cycle must go through?
Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
What is relative humidity?
amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation
What are the different types of fronts?
Stationary fronts, cold fronts, and warm fronts
A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in the air
What are clouds?
What is fog?
A cloud that forms near Earth's surface
What is evaporation
Process of a liquid to a gas
What is a dew point?
The temperature at which more condensation than evaporation occurs
What is a stationary front?
A front where both air masses stop moving
A large volume of air
What is an air mass?
What are the different types of clouds?
Ground fog, steam fog, and sea fog
What is condensation?
Process of water vapor back to liquid
What do we use to measure temperature?
A thermometer
What is a cold front?
A front when the cold air moves under the warm air
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
How are clouds formed?
Clouds are formed through the process of condensation.
What is precipitation?
Process of water falling to Earth's surface
What do we use to measure humidity?
A barometer
What is a warm front?
Warm fronts are fronts that have a warm air mass move under a cold air mass
A boundary between two air masses.
What is a front?
What is cloud condensation nuclei?
A substance that water droplets condense on to form clouds.
What are the four types of precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What do we use to measure relative humidity?
A pyschrometer
How does the sun affect weather?
The sun drives the water cycle which affects the weather