Wind
These winds move weather across the US.
What are the Westerlies?
Humidity is the measurement of this in the air.
What is water or moisture?
The process of a gas changing into a liquid.
What is condensation?
This is the source of energy for the water cycle
What is the sun?
These winds are used by sailors.
What are trade winds.
When clouds become saturated it begins to
rain, snow, sleet, hail
The process by which a liquid changes to a gas.
What is evaporation?
When there is too much rain at once, this happens.
What is run-off?
This is an area of little to no wind.
What are the doldrums?
A cold front is this color and shape on a weather map.
blue triangles
When water is able to soak into the land it is called this.
What is ground water?
The deflection of the wind due to the Earth's rotation is called this.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Water that evaporates from leaves is called this.
What is transpiration?
There are two reasons why there is wind on Earth.
What is the sun's uneven heating of the Earth and the Earth's rotation?
warm air mass meets and rises above cold air masses during this kind of front
What is warm front
This is used to measure how much humidity is in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
Water vapor rises and then cools in the sky.
What is condensation?