Water Cycle
FRONTS/AIR MASSES
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
MISCELLANEOUS
100

WHAT IS THE CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF WATER ON EARTH.

WATER CYCLE

100

THE AREA WHERE TWO DIFFERENT AIR MASSES MEET.

WHAT ARE FRONTS?

100

THIS IS A PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH STORMY WEATHER.

What is low pressure?

100

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS

What is a BLIZZARD?

100

LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE WHERE WEATHER OCCURS,

What is the TROPOSPHERE ?

200
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
200

INTENSE STORMS FOLLOWED BY COLD AIR

WHAT IS A COLD FRONT?

200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200

LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE WHERE WEATHER OCCURS,

What is the TROPOSPHERE?

300

WHEN WATER VAPOR BECOMES CLOUDS

WHAT IS CONDENSATION?

300

WHEN A COLD FRONT AND WARM FRONT MEET AND NEITHER MOVES.

STATIONARY FRONT

300

Instrument that measures air pressure.

What is a BAROMETER?

300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300

 THE LAYER WHERE SATELLITES ORBIT

WHAT IS THE EXOSPHERE?

400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400

AN AIR MASS THAT IS OVER WATER AND WARM.

WHAT IS MARITIME POLAR?

400

WIND THAT BLOWS FROM THE WATER TO THE SHORE DURING THE DAY.

WHAT IS A SEA BREEZE?

400

THIS DRIVES THE CIRCULAR MOTION OF THE WINDS.

WHAT IS THE CORIOLIS EFFECT?

400

THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR.

WHAT IS HUMIDITY?

500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500

AN AIR MASS THAT IS OVER LAND AND VERY COLD

WHAT IS CONTINENTAL POLAR?

500

THIS IS THE CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE DAILY.

What is WEATHER?

500

ALL KINDS OF WINDS AT DIFFERENT LATITUDES ON EARTH

What ARE GLOBAL WINDS?

500

PROTECTS THE EARTH FROM HARMFUL RAYS FROM THE SUN

WHAT IS THE OZONE LAYER?

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