Definitions
Water Cycle
Misc.
Weather and Climate
Atmosphere
100
Heat energy that comes from the sun and is transfered through space.
What is radiation?
100
Location in the water cycle where large amounts of water settle and stand. (Example = ocean)
What is collection?
100
Drinking, washing, transportation, growing food.
What are uses of fresh water from the water cycle?
100
Changes in the amount of cloud cover, temperature, wind speed and direction, pressure changes.
What are factors that change the weather.
100
As the atmosphere of the Earth cools at higher altitudes, water vapor will condense and these form.
What are clouds?
200
Heat energy transfer between two objects that are in contact with each other.
What is conduction?
200
The states of matter that clouds may be.
What are liquid or gas?
200
The process of water evaporating from plants.
What is transpiration?
200
The temperature of this air mass will cause it to rise higher into the atmosphere.
What is a warm air mass?
200
Atmosphere, clouds, and ozone work to trap some of the heat from the sun around the Earth - acting like this object.
What is a blanket?
300
The current state of the atmosphere with regard to temperature, cloudiness, rainfall, wind, and other meteorological conditions.
What is weather?
300
The water on the Earth and in the atmosphere of the Earth.
What is hydrosphere?
300
Radiation takes place in this 'spere'.
What is atmosphere?
300
Changes in elevation, location in mountains, proximity to water, location in the center of a landmass, direction of winds, or latitude.
What are factors that can change climate?
300
The composition of the atmosphere includes these two things and small particles.
What are gasses and water vapor?
400
Heat energy transfer that occurs in a fluid, such as a liquid or gas.
What is convection?
400
When the water in a puddle is heated by the heat of the concrete sidewalk underneath.
What is conduction?
400
This is the 'power source' for the water cycle and the weather on Earth.
What is the sun?
400
Clouds in the atmosphere provide this part of the water cycle.
What is precipitation?
400
This atmospheric event will cause an increase in temperature and possible rain and humid weather.
What is a warm front?
500
The typical weather in a region: the average weather or the regular variations in weather in a region over a period of years.
What is climate?
500
Ground water flow and surface run-off move through and across this 'sphere' of the Earth.
What is geosphere?
500
In terms of the water cycle, this step follows evaporation.
What is condensation?
500
Clouds in the atmosphere may filter, trap, or __________ heat and light from the sun. This will change the weather and climate on Earth.
What is reflect?
500
In general, when this is higher clear weather occurs and when this is lower cloudy and rainy weather occurs.
What is barometric pressure?
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