water cycle
energy & heat transfers
Weather & Air
Air masses
atmosphere
100
This process is when liquid or frozen water falls from clouds in our atmosphere.
What is precipitation
100
Feeling the heat from a fire without touching it is an example of this type of heat transfer in which the heat travels through empty space.
What is radiation.
100
As air temperature decreases, this happens to its pressure.
What is decrease
100
The symbol in this picture tells us the relative temperature and direction an air mass is moving.
What is a warm front
100
This layer of the atmosphere has virtually no weather and is the layer Kittinger jumped from.
What is the Stratosphere
200
This is the process by which liquid water turns into a gas known as water vapor
What is evaporation
200
Cooking food in a frying pan that sits on a stove burner is an example of this type of heat transfer where the heat travels from one object to another through direct contact.
What is conduction
200
When you compress a gas into a smaller space, we observe an increase in this important characteristic if air.
What is its density.
200
This source region creates an air mass that is both warm and humid.
What is maritime tropical
200
This layer of the atmosphere contains the most air pressure.
What is the troposphere
300
This process describes how water in its gas state changes back into a liquid.
What is condensation
300
This heat transfer causes warmer liquids and gases to rise, and cooler liquids and gases to sink creating a cycle.
What is convection.
300
This word describes the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity
300
This source region creates an air mass that is both dry and cold.
What is continental polar
300
As you travel from the troposphere to the exosphere, two characteristics consistently decrease about the air. Name them.
What is pressure and density
400
In order to change any liquid into a gas you must do this.
What is heat it up.
400
This characteristic of air explains why hot air rises and cold air sinks below it.
What is its density
400
In our investigation on how earth materials heat up differently, this material heated up the slowest.
What is water
400
A warm moist air mass colliding with a cold dry air mass creates this type of storm often occurring in the Midwestern United States.
What is a tornado
400
This layer of the atmosphere is the location of the International Space Station orbiting around the Earth.
What is the Thermosphere.
500
In order to change any gas into a liquid you must do this.
What is cool it down.
500
This heat transfer is responsible for helping water vapor and liquid water to travel around in our atmosphere.
What is convection.
500
In this picture, there is a breeze or wind blowing. Based on the location of land and water, which direction is the wind blowing?
What is left
500
The "H" on a pressure map shows us an area of high pressure. It also helps meteorologists describe the temperature and density of the air. Describe the temperature and density of the air around an area on a pressure map labeled "H".
What is warm and less dense
500
In the Mesosphere, meteors falling into our atmosphere burning up are caused by this.
What is friction from the air
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