Atmosphere and Water Vapor/ Humidity
Global Winds and Ocean Currents
Clouds and Precipitation
Air Pressure and Local Wind
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
100
what the lower atmosphere (or troposphere) is like at any given place and time
What is weather
100

Polar easterlies form at the ____ and blow what direction

poles

east to west

100
a cloud at ground level
What is fog
100
air that moves horizontally
What is wind
100
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

Located in the mid latitude and blow west to east

what are prevailing westerlies

200
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
200
a wind that blows from the sea toward the land
What is sea breeze
200
a boundry between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
300
the air that surrounds the earth
What is atmosphere
300

areas below the jet stream have this type of weather

what is warmer weather

300
a type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What are stratus clouds
300
a wind that blows from land toward the water
What is land breeze
300
when warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front
400
this instrument measures air pressure
What is barometer
400

warms the air and land along the eastern coast of the US and brings warmer temperatures to Europe during the cooler months

What is the Gulf Stream

400
these clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
400

what kind of weather does a high pressure system bring?

What is fair weather, sunny/ clear skies, and cool weather

400
when cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
500
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
500

a climate pattern representing an unusual warming of the Pacific Ocean which is linked to impacts on weather and climate patterns around the world that brings MORE RAIN/STORMS, and higher temps

What is El Nino

500

this type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape

What are cirrus clouds

500

what is the kind of weather brought by a low pressure system

What is bad weather, thunderstorms

500

Forms when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses (brings cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow)

occluded front

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