Water Cycle
Atmosphere
Severe Weather
Clouds
Fronts
100
What are two types of precipitation?
Rain, hail, sleet or snow
100
What is weather?
change in the atmosphere
100
What is the lightning capital of the U.S.?
Florida
100
What is the prefix for high clouds?
Alto
100
A balloon of air is called what?
Air Mass
200
What is it called when a cloud is formed?
Condensation
200
Does air have mass?
YES
200
Don't hide under this during a lightning storm.
What is a tree
200
What are high, thin, feathery clouds?
What is cirrus
200
What is the front when a warm and cold front collide?
Stationary Front
300
What type of nights result in more dew and cooling?
Clear nights
300
What is global warming caused by?
Greenhouse
300
How thick is a lightning bolt?
1 inch
300
What are the three steps of making a cloud?
Condensation nuclei Moisture Change in temperature OR change in air pressure
300
What carries weather instruments equipment high into the sky?
What is a weather balloon
400
What does insolation stand for?
Incoming Solar Radiation
400
What tool is used to measure air pressure?
Barometer
400
For charges to separate rising ice crystals bump into other crystals and knock what off?
Protons
400
If air moves vertically is it stable or unstable?
Unstable
400
What tells location, movement, and amount and type of precipitation?
Radars and satellites
500
Evaporation is a ___________ process.
cooling
500
The warmth from the sun is an example of what?
Radiation
500
The temperature of lightning is how many times hotter than the temperature of the sun's surface?
5 times
500
What are high sheets of ice crystals?
Cirrostratus
500
What type of front has short intense precipitation?
Occluded front
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