Heating
Wind
Precipitation
Clouds
Water Cycle
100
The process by which gases hold heat in the air.
What is the greenhouse effect?
100
Winds that blow over short distances caused by unequal heating of Earth's surface in a small area.
What are local winds?
100
Drops of water that falls from the sky.
What is rain?
100
The suffix, put on the end of the cloud name, that means storm/rain.
What are nimbus?
100
The process by which water vapor turns into a gas and forms clouds.
What is condensation?
200
Reflection of light in all directions (especially happens to short blue wavelengths, which cause the sky to be blue).
What is scattering?
200
Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.
What are global winds?
200
Water vapor that is changed directly into ice crystals.
What is snow?
200
The prefix before the cloud name that means "high."
What is alto?
200
The process by which water molecules turn from a liquid into a gas and escape into the air.
What is evaporation?
300
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.
What is convection?
300
A breeze that blows from an ocean or lake onto land, usually occurs during the day.
What is a sea breeze?
300
Raindrops that freeze as they fall through the air and form solid particles of ice. Particles are smaller than 5 mm in diameter.
What is sleet?
300
Clouds that form flat layers.
What are stratus clouds?
300
The process by which plants sweat?
What is transpiration?
400
The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves (i.e. heat from the sun).
What is radiation?
400
Wind that flows from land to a body of water, usually occurs at night.
What is a land breeze?
400
Raindrops that fall through the sky, but that do not freeze in the air, they freeze once they touch a cold surface.
What is freezing rain?
400
Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton.
What are cumulus clouds?
400
The piling up of water into lakes, oceans, and streams.
What is accumulation?
500
The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance it is touching (i.e. walking on hot sand warms your feet).
What is conduction?
500
Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons.
What are monsoons?
500
Round pellets of ice larger than 5 mm in diameter; can be very damaging.
What is hail?
500
Wispy, feathery clouds
What are cirrus clouds?
500
The process by which water sinks into the group.
What is infiltration?
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