Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Jet Stream/Gulf Stream
Air Pressure and 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
the changing of a gas into a liquid
What is condensation
100

This current flows west to east, moving air masses around the globe

What is the Jet Stream

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

Plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through a process called

What is transpiration

200

True or False:

The Gulf stream flows up the east coast and towards the northeast

What is true

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

What must water do for molecules to escape

What is absorb heat

300

This warm current keeps weather along the east coast milder in the winter

What is the Gulf Stream

300
a wind that blows from land toward the water
What is land breeze
300

a large region of the atmosphere where the air has the same temperature and humidity throughout

What is air mass

400
this instrument measures air pressure
What is barometer
400
the changing of a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation
400

How does the jet stream affect weather in the Unites States

What is it moves large air masses around the US

400

the greater the difference in air pressure......

What is the greater the wind

400

when cold air moves in under a warm air mass

What is a cold front

500

What happens to the air temperature when heat is released

What is it cools

500
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
500

What current would help fuel hurricanes on the east coast

What is the Gulf stream

500

What does warm, less dense air do

What is it rises

500
when warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front
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