Water in the atmosphere
Where does it come from!
Precipitation in the sky!
Air masses and fronts, me oh my!
There is a storm coming!
Predicting the weather
The right way!
100
The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface
What is the water cycle
100
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
What is precipitation
100
name four types of air mass combonations
Maritime Polar, Maritime Tropical, Continental Polar, and Continental Tropical
100
a violent disruption in the atmosphere
What is a storm
100
Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it.
What is a Meteorologist
200
The process by which water molecules in liquid water absorb energy and escape into the air as water vapor.
What is evaporation
200
Name five types of precipitation
Rain, Hail, Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain
200
The boundary where air masses meet becomes
What is a front
200
What safety precautions should you follow during a thunder storm
Stay indoors, avoid touching telephones, electrical appliances, pluming fixtures, bodies of water.
200
Lines joining places on the map that have the same air pressure.
What is isobar
300
Has two thermometers, a wet bulb thermometer, and a dry thermometer
What is a psychrometer
300
Tiny ice crystals. All have six sides or branches.
What is a snowflake
300
A swirl of low-air pressure
What is a cyclone
300
What do you do if you are caught in a snowstorm
Find shelter from the wind
300
Lines joining places that have the same temperature.
What is Isotherms
400
Name 9 clouds
Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Altocumulus, Cumulonimbus, Cumulus, Nimbostratus, Stratus, and Fog.
400
Explain two types of precipitation
Rain: Most common precipitation, at least 0.5 mm drops, and smaller drops are drizzle.
400
a swirl of high-air pressure
What is an anticyclone
400
A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earths surface
What is a tornado
400
What tools do meteorologists rely on
Maps, charts, and computers
500
How are humidity and relative humidity different
Relative humidity is the percentage of water vapor the air can hold at a particular temperature. Humidity is a measure of the amount water vapor in the air.
500
Compare and contrast freezing rain and sleet.
Sleet freezes in the air Freezing Rain freezes on the surface
500
What type of mass would form over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.
Maritime Polar
500
What type of cloud do tornadoes commonly develop
Cumulonimbus cloud
500
How is a cold front's direction indicated on a weather map
Blue triangles point in the direction a cold front is moving.
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