Precipitation
This is water falling from clouds to Earth,
What is precipitation?
Wind is the movement of _______.
What is air?
Water enters the atmosphere through this process when liquid turns to gas.
What is evaporation?
Condensation is when a gas turns into a ______
What is liquid?
This is the main source of energy for Earth.
What is the sun?
Name one type of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
Air moves from ______ pressure, to ________ pressure.
What is high to low?
Plants release water vapor through this process.
What is transpiration?
This forms when water vapor cools and condenses.
What are clouds?
Earth heats unevenly because different surfaces __________ heat differently.
What is absorb?
Precipitation occurs when water droplets become too ________.
What is heavy?
This type of heat transfer causes air to rise and sink.
What is convection?
Water in the atmosphere exists as this invisible gas.
What is water vapor?
Relative humidity measures how _________ the air is with water vapor?
What is full?
Land heats __________ than water.
What is faster?
This tool is used to measure precipitation.
What is a rain guage?
Warm air rises because it is more or less dense.
What is less dense?
This happens when energy (heat) is added to liquid water.
What is evaporation?
Condensation happens when air becomes warmer or cooler?
This explains why coastal areas have milder temperatures.
What is water heats and cools slowly. (or what are land and sea breezes)?
Explain how clouds produce precipitation.
Water droplets combine, grow heavier, and fall due to gravity.
Explain how pressure differences create wind.
Air moves from high pressure to low pressure due to differences caused by uneven heating.
Explain how water enters the atmosphere and why heat is important.
Heat causes water to evaporate into water vapor, which enters the atmosphere.
Explain why condensation happens when air cools.
Cool air cannot hold as much water vapor, so it condenses into liquid.
Explain how uneven heating of Earth leads to differences in air temperature.
The sun heats Earth unevenly, causing some areas to be warmer than others.