Elements of Weather
Clouds
What Influences Weather
Climate
Hurricanes and Tornadoes
100
The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather
100
A collection of suspended water droplets or ice crystals
What is a cloud
100
A large volume if air where some factors of weather are similar all throughout the air
What is an air mass
100
The angular distance in degrees, north, and south from the equator
What is latitude
100
A high-speed funnel of wind that comes from a thundercloud
What is a tornado
200
A measure of how hot or cold an item is, measured with Celsius and Farenhieght
What is temperature
200
The temperature at which condensation overcomes evaporation
What is dew point
200
A boundary between two air masses
What is a front
200
The surface features of a certain area, ranging from mountains to lakes
What is topography
200
A tool used to measure wind speeds
What is an anemometer
300
Air that moves parallel to the Earth, from higher to lower air pressure
What is wind
300
A process of lifting where warm air either rises over cooler air or cooler air slides under warm air
What is frontal lifting
300
In this pressure system, the air spirals inwards and are considered to bring rainy or cloudy weather
What is a low front
300
The height of an area or object from sea level which starts as
What is elevation
300
The scale used to measure tornadoes, from F1 to F5
What is the Fujita Scale
400
Any form of water that falls to Earth
What is precipitation
400
Water vapor that condenses near Earths surface
What is fog
400
This is caused by the rotation of Earth, it causes the wind to curve slightly
What is the Coriolis Effect
400
The wind-like movement of water due to a strong wind
What is a surface current
400
A swirling tropical storm that forms over water, it has to have winds over 74 miles per hour to be called this
What is a hurricane
500
The force of air molecules pushing on a certain area
What is air pressure
500
The main power source of the water cycle, it affects almost all of the elements of the water cycle
What is the Sun
500
Long distance, high-speed winds that can travel for over thousands of kilometers
What is a jet stream
500
Regions in which climates vary, along with many other factors
What is a climate zone
500
An organized system of thunderstorms that form over water
What is a tropical disturbance
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