CLOUDS
STORMS
Heat Transfer
Water Cycle
Types of precipitation
100
low flat layered cloud
What is stratus cloud
100
Characterized by heavy frozen precipitation, excess wind and road closures
What is winter storms / blizzard
100
Heat transfer between 2 objects directly touching
What is conduction
100
step of water cycle where heat turns liquid water into a vapor
What is evaporation
100
condenses into a liquid, falls as a liquid and forms puddles
What is rain
200
Seriously high whispy puff
What is cirrocumulus
200
Local storms characterized by lightning heavy precipitation and frequent thunder
What is thunderstorm
200
Heat transfer through electromagnetic waves
What is radiation
200
Step of the water cycle where clouds form
What is condensation
200
Falls as a liquid but freezes into ice beads mid air when it passes through freezing layers of the atmosphere
What is sleet
300
Large puffy rain cloud associated with thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus
300
Rapidly whirling funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a thundercloud - usually brief but cause major damage
What is tornado
300
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
What is convection
300
Step of the water cycle where water is evaporated from the trees
What is transpiration
300
falls as liquid but freezes into ice bead when it hits a forzen surface
What is freezing rain
400
Midlevel (higher) layered flat cloud
What is altostratus
400
A tropical weather pattern with winds in excess of 74 mph that begin over warm water as a low pressure area or tropical disturbance
What is hurricane
400
Point at which condensation stops and precipitation begins
What is saturation
400
Step of the water cycle where excess water drains down a mountain
What is run off
400
condenses directly into a solid ice crystal
What is snow
500
low dense cloud closest to the ground
What is fog
500
A swirling center of low air pressure - form where warm air rises, the air pressure decreases and cooler air is blown inward
What is cyclone
500
The average energy of motion of the particles of a substance
What is temperature
500
Temperature at which condensation begins
What is dew point
500
ice pellets that form inside a cumulonimbus cloud as they bounce through frozen patches within the cloud
What is hail
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