Pressure Systems
Vocabulary
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Water Cycle
Convection, Conduction, Radiation Currents
100
a large body of air
What is air mass
100
transfer of heat by movement of a fluid
What is convection
100
a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses and pushed upward
What is occluded front
100
the temperature at which clouds form
What is dew point
100
something that happens in a lava lamp
What is convection current
200
how a low pressure system would be represented on a weather map
What is a red line of circles
200
transfer of heat through direct contact
What is conduction
200
a cold and warm air mass meet but they cannot move past one another
What is stationary front
200
the process in which water falls from clouds
What is percipitation
200
the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid
What is convection
300
how a high pressure system be represented on a weather map.
What is a blue line of triangle shapes
300
layers of porous rock
What is an aquifer
300
warm less dense fast moving air runs into more dense cold air and slides over the top of it
What is warm front
300
the process in which water vapor in the air becomes liquid water
What is condensation
300
the transfer of heat through direct contact
What is conduction
400
Type of weather that is associated with a low pressure system.
What are Storms
400
water vapor that has condensed into millions of water droplets or ice crystals
What is a cloud
400
the process in which water changes from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation
400
the transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves
What is radiation
500
type of weather is associated with a high pressure system.
What is Sunny Weather
500
the temperature at which condensation begins
What is dew point
500
the area where two air masses meet
What is front
500
the cycle in which water cycles between earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans
What is water cycle
500
something in mr. wigand's classroom that represents convection
What is lava lamp
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