Part 1
A tropical storm that forms over warm ocean waters and can be up to 600 miles wide
What is it?
Hurricane
Wispy feathery clouds made of ice crystals.
What is it?
Cirrus Clouds
Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet.
What is it?
Precipitation
A measure of how much moisture is in the air.
What is it?
Humidity
If Virginia has high pressure and Pennsylvania has low pressure, some of the air from Virginia will move to Pennsylvania and this will create ____?
Wind
Giant thunderhead clouds associated with violent thunderstorms.
What is it?
Cumulonimbus Clouds
Any example of conduction
Air touching us,Pancakes on a griddle,person touching the boiling pan, Snowman touching the ground
Heat transfer by direct physical contact
What is it?
Conduction
Heat from the sun causes water to evaporate from plant leaves.
What is it?
Transpiration
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
What is it?
Climate
Is associated with cooler air that sinks. It is also associated with very little moisture in the air causing happy weather.
What is it?
High Pressure
Warm air slides over top of cool air and causes feathery clouds and maybe some light showers
What is it?
Warm Front
Causes warm air to rise quickly and causes quick, violent storms.
What is it?
Cold Front
Fluffy clouds that are in the sky on nice days.
What is it?
Cumulous Clouds
A funnel shaped cloud that reaches the ground. It is a violent and destructive windstorm that moves across land.
What is it?
Tornado
The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas). When warm fluids rise and cool fluids sinks.
What is it?
Convection
Energy that can transfer by traveling in waves. This form of energy can also travel through empty space.
What is it?
Radiation
Mary was lying in the grass one sunny day and she saw a big fluffy ________ cloud that looked just like Sponge bob!
Cumulous
A large body of air
What is it?
Air Mass
A cloud is formed by ____________ during the water cycle.
Condensation
Is associated with warmer air that rises. It is also associated with moisture in the air causing lousy weather.
What is it?
Low Pressure
The sun heats up water from lakes, streams, rivers, and oceans causing the water to change from a liquid to a gas.
What is it?
Evaporation
The place where air masses meet.
What is it?
Front
An instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is it?
Barometer
Brittany was reporting the weather today and she said there is a lot of moisture in the air. The ________ was 93 %.
Humidity