The process by which water on earth evaporates from the ocean and condenses in the upper atmosphere.
What is the Water Cycle?
100
Bad weather is associated with this amount of pressure.
What is low?
100
This condition happens when stratus clouds form low to the ground.
What is fog?
100
If you want to measure the wind speed, use this!
What is an anemometer?
100
A flashlight, batteries, can opener, canned goods and a blanket might be good things to include in this.
What is an emergency plan/kit?
200
The scientific term for how high or low the latitude of something is.
What is its elevation?
200
Coastal climates do not have the extreme seasons because of this.
What is water changes temperature much slower than land?
200
This phenomena happens because one side of the mountain receives the moist ocean breeze, while the other does not.
What is a rain shadow desert?
200
If the temperature during precipitation decreases from above 0 degress celsius to below 0 degrees celsius, this type of precipitation can occur in the lower atmosphere.
What is sleet?
200
A series of blue triangles on a weather map symbolizes this.
What is a cold front?
300
Two environments that both have very little rainfall.
What is the tundra and desert?
300
While some deserts are located in cooler areas, most have this temperature during the day.
What is hot?
300
This are usually has lots of sunlight, rain and warmer temperatures.
What are the tropics?
300
This type of precipitation happens when the temperature in the atmosphere is above 0 degrees celsius, but on the ground it is below 0 degrees celsius.
What is freezing rain?
300
Use this to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
The part of the mountain which will receive more precipitation.
What is the top?
400
This front brings cloudy skies, with the possibility of steady rain or snow.
What is warm?
400
These are the three main climate zones.
What are tropical, polar and temperate?
400
This is the temperature, wind speed, humidity level and amount of precipitation at any given moment.
What is weather?
400
A large body of air with the same temperature and air moisture properties throughout it.
What is an air mass?
500
Warm air can hold more moisture, hence allowing for higher levels of this.
What is humidity?
500
Cold fronts can bring these very large clouds.
What are cumulonimbus?
500
The clouds are very high, it is very cold and also very windy. What precipitation phenomena can occur under these conditions?
What is hail?
500
This forms when a glacier falls off the mountaintop into the water.