As you go higher into the atmosphere, air pressure does this
What is decrease?
100
Air that moves horizontally and parallel to the ground
What is wind?
100
Wispy clouds at high altitudes which can show the direction of the wind. Usually seen in fair weather, but they can be a sign that a storm is approaching.
What are cirrus clouds?
100
A liquid changes into a gas
What is evaporation?
100
Most common form of precipitation
What is rain?
200
Air wants to move from an area of high pressure to this
What is an area of low pressure?
200
Global winds curve because of this effect
What is the Coriolis effect?
200
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Tallest of all the clouds, it can rise 11 miles above the Earth's surface and produce heavy rainfall
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
200
Water vapor cools and becomes a liquid
What is condensation?
200
Rain passing through cold air and freezing before it hits the ground
What is sleet?
300
This instrument measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
300
The three global wind belts
What are the trade winds, the easterlies, and the westerlies?
300
Formed in layers, these clouds make the sky look gray, and usually produce steady precipitation
What are stratus clouds?
300
Any type of liquid or solid water which falls to the Earth's surface
What is precipitation?
300
Lumps of ice that fall from cumulonimbus clouds
What is hail?
400
High air pressure will have air molecules with this kind of density
What is high density?
400
These winds travel thousands of kilometers
What are global winds?
400
This is a cloud that rests on the ground or a body of water
What is fog?
400
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Condition in which rates of evaporation and condensation are equal
What is saturation?
400
Causes acid rain to fall far from its sources of pollution
What is wind?
500
Comparing the air pressure on the top of Mount Everest to the air pressure at NSMS, this location would have higher air pressure
What is NSMS?
500
These winds in the upper troposphere can affect the speed of airplanes
What are the jet streams?
500
Usually appear in fair weather, they are puffy and look like cotton balls
What are cumulus clouds?
500
Compares the amount of water vapor in the air with the maximum amount of water vapor that can be present at that temperature