Lovable Latin
Water Cycle
The Pressure is On
Hodge Podge
Fronts
100
Latin for "heap".
What is "cumulus"?
100
High pressures don't have these.
What are "fronts"?
100
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time or place.
What is "weather"?
100
These produce thunderstorms.
What is a "cold front"?
200
Latin for "pressure".
What is "bar"?
200
Snow, sleet, hail, rain.
What is "precipitation"?
200
These spin counterclockwise and inward.
What are "lows"?
200
Instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is an "anemometer"?
200
A boundary where 2 air masses meet.
What is a "front"?
300
Latin for "layer".
What is "stratus"?
300
When liquid water turns to water vapor.
What is "evaporation"?
300
Instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a "barometer"?
300
The instrument used to measure humidity.
What is a "hygrometer" or "psychrometer"?
300
When a cold air mass meets a warm air mass, but there is very little horizontal movement.
What is a "stationary front"?
400
Latin for "rain".
What is "nimbo" or "nimbus"?
400
The water that collects into streams, rivers, then eventually oceans.
What is "runoff"?
400
The direction in which high pressures rotate.
What is "clockwise and outward"?
400
The average condition of the atmosphere in an area over a long period of time.
What is a "climate"?
400
These fronts often bring drizzly weather but are followed by clear, warm air.
What is a "warm front"?
500
Latin for "same" or "similar".
What is "iso"?
500
Water vapor produced by plants.
What is "transpiration"?
500
Term used for a giant, potentially destructive, low pressure system that forms over warm tropical waters.
What is a "hurricane"?
500
The transfer of energy through direct contact.
What is "conduction"?
500
These fronts bring cool temperatures and large amounts of precipitation.
What is an "occluded front"?
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