Weather Vocab, 1
Weather Vocab, 2
Weather Vocab, 3
Weather Vocab, 4
Weather Vocab, 5
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Masses of Tiny Water Droplets. Clouds form when water vapor in the air cools and condenses around tiny pieces of dust in the air.
What is Clouds?
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Low sheet-like gray clouds that bring rain sometimes
What is Stratus Clouds?
100
Large thunderhead clouds that bring thunderstorms.
What is Cumulonimbus Clouds?
100
How warm the air is.
What is Temperature?
100
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is Humidity?
200
An air current that flows from West to East.
What is a Jet Stream?
200
Clouds form when water vapor in the air cools and condenses around tiny pieces of dust in the air.
What is Clouds?
200
Puffy, Fair-weather clouds
What is Cumulus?
200
Measures precipitation (Rain, Sleet, Snow, Hail)
What is Rain Gauge?
200
A large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout.
What is Air Mass?
300
Two air masses meet and stop moving; brings clouds and precipitation that often lasts several days.
What is Stationary Front?
300
A large body of air with about the same temperature and humidity, or moisture, throughout
What is Air Mass?
300
Low, sheetlike gray clouds that bring rain sometimes.
What is Stratus clouds?
300
Measure wind speed and direction.
What is Wind Vane and Anemometer?
300
The average weather pattern of a region.
What is Climate?
400
A warm air mass meets a colder air mass meets a colder air mass and rises over it. Often brings rain, stratus clouds, and an increase in temperature.
What is a Warm Front?
400
Uneven heating of earth's surface causes wind. The greater the difference in temperature and pressure, the more wind there will be.
What is Stationary Front?
400
Puffy, Fair-Weather Clouds
What is Cumulus Clouds?
400
Measures air pressure (the weight of air)
What is Barometer?
400
The blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is Atmosphere?
500
cold air mass bumps against a warm air mass, bringing strong storms (thunderstorms or snowstorms). And causes a drop in temperature
What is a Cold Front
500
The global winds that affect the United States- blow from West to East.
What is Prevailing Westerlies?
500
Used to describe weather and predict weather.
What is Types of Clouds?
500
Wispy, high-level clouds that are associated with fair weather and approaching rain
What is Cirrus Clouds?
500
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is Weather?
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