Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Percipitation
Air Pressure and Wind
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
100
There are ______ main layers of the atmosphere.
What is 4.
100
The changing of a gas into a liquid.
What is condensation.
100
This is a cloud at ground level.
What is fog.
100
This is the air that moves horizontally.
What is wind.
100
This is the average weather pattern of a region.
What is climate.
200
The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
What is air pressure
200
A comparison between how much water vapor is in the air and how much the air could hold-at a given temperature.
What is relative humidity.
200
This is any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.
What is precipitation.
200
This is a wind that blows from the sea toward the land.
What is sea breeze.
200
This is a boundary between air masses with different temperatures.
What is a front.
300
The air that surrounds the earth.
What is atmosphere.
300
This is the water that is in the air.
What is water vapor.
300
This is a type of cloud that forms in blanket like layers.
What are stratus clouds.
300
This is a wind that blows from land toward the water.
What is land breeze.
300
This is a body of air that has the same general temperature and air pressure throughout.
What is air mass.
400
This instrument measures air pressure.
What is barometer.
400
This is the changing of a liquid into a gas.
What is evaporation.
400
These clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom.
What are cumulus clouds.
400
Air is pulled toward the Earth’s surface by a force.
What is gravity.
400
This is when cold air moves in under a warm air mass.
What is a cold front.
500
The layer closest to Earth's surface.
What is troposphere.
500
This is the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity.
500
This type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, feather-like shape.
What are cirrus clouds.
500
The particles of the air are (closest or farthest) together near sea level.
What is closest.
500
This is when warm air moves in over a cold air mass.
What is a warm front.
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