Air Masses & Fronts
What is the symbol & color of a cold front?
Blue Triangles
When a form of water falls from clouds
What is precipitation.
What can we use to measure the temperature?
thermometer
What type of scientist studies the weather?
Meteorologist
A puffy fair weather cloud
cumulus
This air mass is formed over water?
What is maritime.
When water turns to water vapor and returns to the sky.
What is evaporation
What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?
Mesosphere
Weather can change...
very fast
What cloud type is made of ice crystals?
Cirrus
What is the symbol & color for a warm front?
Red half circles
When water vapor cools and turns back into water in a cloud.
What is condensation.
What is the water called once it evaporates into the gas state?
water vapor or steam.
Name three types of severe weather.
tornado, hurricane, flood, (also thunderstorm & blizzard)
A cloud that can get very tall and form thunderstorms
cumulonimbus
This air mass is formed over land?
Continental
The power source of the water cycle?
What is the sun.
What is humidity?
The amount of moisture/water vapor in the air
Which is more long term? Weather or climate?
climate
Which cloud type is like a blanket covering the sky?
stratus
What are the 5 air mass examples we covered in class?
Maritime Polar (MP), Maritime Tropical (MT), Continental Polar (CP), Continental Arctic (CA), & Continental Tropical (CT)
Where does the water go after the precipitation falls from the sky?
Runoff - collection -back into the rivers, streams, lakes, oceans.
How much of Earth's water is drinkable?
less than 1% !
Name a couple things used to describe weather
temperature (hot or cold), wind (speed and direction), precipitation (rain, snow, etc)
Which cloud type is up high?
Cirrus