Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Percipitation
Air Pressure and Wind
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
100
Conditions of the atmosphere at any given place and time
What is weather
100
The changing of a gas into a liquid
What is condensation
100
A cloud at ground level
What is fog
100
Air that moves horizontally
What is wind
100
The average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
200
The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure
200
A comparison between how much water vapor is in the air and how much the air could hold-at a given temperature
What is relative humidity
200
Any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
200
Warm air over land rises and the cooler air over the ocean rushes in to take its place.
What is sea breeze
200
A boundry between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
300
The most abundant gas in our atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen
300
The water that is in the air
What is water vapor
300
A type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What are stratus clouds
300
It decreases as altitude increases
Air Pressure
300
A large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout
What is air mass
400
This instrument measures air pressure
What is barometer
400
The changing of a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation
400
These clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
400
Is represented by a blue capital H on a weather map
What is High Pressure
400
When cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
500
The rotation of air and water clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Effect
500
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
500
This type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds
500
the curving of the path of a moving object caused by Earth's rotation
What is Coriolis effect
500
When warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front
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