Vocabulary 1
Clouds 1
Air Masses
Clouds 2
Vocabulary 2
100
Process in which water vapor becomes liquid water
What is Condensation
100
Clouds that form near the ground caused by the cooling of ground after a humid day
What is Fog
100
Air masses that form over land
What is Continental
100
The suffix nimbus means
What is Rain
100
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's atmosphere
What is Precipitation
200
Rapidly spinning column of air that reaches down from a thunderstorm
What is Tornado
200
Type of cloud that causes thunderstorms
What is Cumulonimbus
200
Air masses that form over oceans
What is Maritime
200
Clouds forming flat layers
What is Stratus
200
Open ended tube used to collect precipitation falling from the sky
What is Rain Guage
300
Measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
What is Humidity
300
Clouds high in the sky that look very light or feathery
What is Cirrus
300
Warm humid air masses that typically bring precipitation or storms to an area
What is Maritime Tropical
300
When clouds have the prefix alto- where do they form in the sky
What is Medium level
300
Temperature at which condensation begins
What is Dew Point
400
Swirling center of low air pressure
What is Cyclone
400
Clouds that can form as low as 2km above the ground to as high as 18 km
What is Cumulus
400
This air mass typically forms dry and hot weather
What is Continental Tropical
400
What particles are cirrus clouds made of
What is ice crystals
400
Instrument used to measure relative humidity
What is Psychrometer
500
Dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands
What is Storm Surge
500
Clouds indicating that a storm is not arrived yet, but is on its way
What is Cirrocumulus
500
What degree of latitude usually constitutes whether an air mass is warm or cool
What is 50 degrees
500
What clouds are typically dull or gray in color
What is Stratus
500
Front where a warm air mass is between two colder air masses
What is Occluded Front
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