Weather
The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air
What is the water cycle?
The long term weather patterns of a place.
What is the climate?
Clouds that produce precipitation.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The speed that winds need to reach for it to become a hurricane.
What is 119 km/h (74mph)?
Measures how hot or cold the air temperature is.
What is a thermometer?
The changing of gas to a liquid as heat is removed
What is condensation?
Meteorologists take 30 years or more of data to determine this.
What is the climate of an area?
Clouds that form at a high altitude and are made of ice crystals
What are cirrus clouds?
The sound given off by the explosive expansion of air heated by a light stroke.
What is thunder?
What is a barometer?
What is the energy source needed for the water cycle?
What is the sun?
The distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
A large region of the atmosphere in which the air has similar properties throughout.
What is an air mass?
When these storms move over land they lose strength or weaken.
What is a hurricane?
This instrument takes measurements high up in the Earth's atmosphere, approximately 22 miles up.
What is weather balloon?
Where is the lowest percent of water in the water cycle located?
What is surface water?
The two main factors that determine the climate.
What are temperature and precipitation?
Lines on a weather map that have red scallops.
What is an warm front?
The weakest point of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
Measures how fast the wind is blowing.
What is a anemometer?
What is the process of the water cycle called when water runs down a mountain?
What is run off?
Much of the United States is found in this zone.
What is the Temperate Climate Zone
When warm air moves in over a cold air mass and brings light steady rain or snow.
What is a warm front?
Warm humid air pulled into a funnel shaped column.
What is a tornado?
This is used by meteorologists to observe how storm clouds are moving.
What is Doppler Radar?