Water Cycle
Clouds
Earth's Water Resources
Air Pressure
Air Masses and Fronts
100
The blanket of air that surrounds Earth is called?
What is atmosphere
100
A mass of ice crystals or droplets that have clustered in the atmosphere.
What is Clouds
100
The process of obtaining fresh water from ocean water by removing the salt.
What is Desalination
100
The force exerted by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area
What is Air Pressure
100
The leading edge of a moving mass of cooler air. May bring thunderstorms followed by cool and clearing weather.
What is a Cold Front.
200
Water in the gas state ?
What is water vapor
200
Flat, gray, layered cloud that covers the sky. May mean rain or drizzle.
What is Stratus Cloud
200
3% of Earth's water
What is Fresh Water
200
Happens to air pressure as you climb a mountain
What is decreases
200
The leading edge of a moving mass of warmer air. May bring precipitation, followed by milder weather.
What is a Warm Air Front
300
Water that falls to the Earth's surface
What is precipitation
300
A stratus cloud that forms next to the ground.
What is Fog
300
97% of Earth's Water
What is Salt Water
300
Weather instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a Barometer
300
The boundary where two air masses meet.
What is a Front
400
The process by which a gas changed to liquid
What is condensation
400
A huge, vertical cloud that can produce a thunderstorm and hail.
What is Cumulonimbus
400
DAILY DOUBLE
What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
400
Air pressure that is above 29.92 inches
What is High Pressure
400
the boundary between a cold and a warm air mass, neither of which has the power to move the other. The weather may stay the same for days.
What is A Stationary Front
500
The condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time
What is Weather
500
A high, feathery cloud made of ice crystals.
What is Cirrus Cloud
500
DAILY DOUBLE
What are the three main elements of the water cycle?
500
Brings cloudy, rainy weather.
What is Low Air Pressure
500
where warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses. Can bring strong winds and heavy precipitation.
What is An Occluded Front
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