Air
What type of air is heavier? Warm air or cold air?
Cold Air
What is temperature?
How hot or cold something is
What does the word “nimbus” mean when it is added to a cloud name?
These clouds bring precipitation
The weight of air pushing down on the earth
What is Air Pressure?
Huge storms that form over the ocean. Starts out as a regular storm, then gets larger as it picks up heat and moisture from the ocean.
What is a Hurricane?
When air heats up, what happens to the air particles?
They move faster and push each other apart
The higher you go up in the atmosphere, what happens to the temperature?
It gets colder
*****What are clouds made up of?****
Specs of dust, Water droplets and and/or ice crystals
The effect of the wind making it feel colder outside
What is Wind Chill?
A violent swirling tube of air.
What is a Tornado?
When air cools down, what happens to the air particles?
They slow down and move closer together
What part of the earth experiences colder temperatures?
The Poles
Look like puffy cotton balls that are usually seen on clear days when the sky is blue
What is a Cumulus cloud?
Thin layer of gas in the sky that protects the earth from UV rays
What is the ozone layer?
Strong winds, heavy snowfall, and cold temperatures.
What is a Blizzard?
Why does hot air rise?
It is lighter than cold air
What part of the earth experiences hotter temperatures?
The Equator
*****Thin and look like curls of hair that form very high up in the sky****
What is a Cirrus cloud?
When an area receives less rain than usual over a period of months or years
What is a Drought?
When a storm brings a large amount of rain in a short amount of time and the rainwater fills the streets, fields and roads without draining fast enough.
What is a Flood?
The natural movement of air parallel to Earth’s surface
What is wind?
What is weather?
The condition of the atmosphere at any particular time and place
Clouds that are flat and form layers low in the sky, and sometimes stretch across the entire sky.
What is a Stratus cloud?
Invisible solar energy from the sun
What are Ultraviolet Rays?
On hot days, the air heats up and rises quickly. It meets cooler, drier air high in the sky. The water droplets that form there can gather together into big, grey cumulonimbus clouds. These can bring wind, rain, lightning, thunder.
What is a Thunderstorm?