Weather vs Climate
Clouds and Precipitation
Air masses and fronts
Air pressure and winds
100
conditions of the atmosphere at any given place or time (constantly changing!)
What is Weather
100
Clouds that are made of ice crystals
what is cirrus clouds
100
cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air up quickly
What is a Cold Front
100
what is the weight or force of air in the atmosphere pushing down on something
what is AIR PRESSURE?
200
near equator, generally warm/hot year round, receives the most direct sunlight
What is Tropical Zone.
200
what are the types of Precipitation
What is rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hail.
200
warm air mass approaches and slowly rises/slides over a cold air mass
What is Warm fronts
200
True or false
As altitude DECREASES, air pressure DECREASES
WHAT IS FALSE FALSE FALSE
300
amount of precipitation
what is a RAIN GAuGE
300
what rises in the air
what is water vaporrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
300
a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but neither moves past the other
what is a stationary front
300
what direction does the wind blow
what is sea to land
400
What it Measures:
air temperature
what is a anemoter
400
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
what is snowwwwwwwwwwwwww
400
A warm air mass gets caught between 2 cold air masses, warm air rises up between the 2
what is a occluded front
400
nvisible bubble” of air that surrounds the earth
what is atmosphere
500
what type of scientist measure elements of weather to predict weather and make forecasts.
meteorologists
500
when the droplets become heavy enough to fall down to earth’s surface
what is precipitate
500
when 2 air masses meet
what are fronts
500
distance above sea level
what is alltitude