Elements Of Weather
Clouds
What influences Weather
Climate
Random
100
The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
100
a collection of small water droplets ot ice crystals that are suspended in the air
What is a cloud?
100
a large volume of air in which temp and moisture content are nearly the same throughout
What is a air mass
100
describes the weather conditions in an area onver a long period of time
What is climate
100
instrument used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer
200
amount of water vapor in the air (More Evaporation, higher humidity)
What is humidity?
200
movement of water between the atmosphere, land, and ocean.
What is the water cycle?
200
a boundary between two masses that are near
What is front
200
angular degrees north and south from the equator
What is latitude
200
the smount of water vapor in the air compared to compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation
What is relative humidity
300
Measure of transparency of atmosphere
What is visibilty?
300
movement of air caused by uneven heating of Earth's surface.
What is wind
300
long distance winds that ravel above global winds for thousands of miles
What is a jet stream?
300
surface features of an area
What is topography
300
any form of water that falls to earth's surface
What is precipitation
400
The temperature at which more condensation than evaporation occurs.
What is dew point?
400
water vapor that condenses very near earth's surface
What is fog?
400
short term state of atmosphere
What is weather?
400
height of an area above sea level
What is elevation
400
the force of air molecules pushing on an area
What is air pressure
500
an instrument that is used to measure relative humidity
What is a pshychrometer?
500
cold air lying over warm water
What is stream fog?
500
air sinks slowly down - near grounds then spreads tp areas of lower preassure.
What do high pressure systems do?
500
currents on the surface of the ocean
What is surface currents
500
overall temperature of surface area from poles to equator
What is global scale
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