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The Atmosphere
Precipitation
Storms
Clouds
Vocabulary
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The atmosphere is mainly a mixture of these 2 gases.
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
100

This type of system is typically associated with precipitation and or storms.

What is low pressure?

100

A type of severe weather formed by two different air masses colliding and the most common type of natural disaster.

What are thundertorms?

100
Clouds that look like horse tails are called
What cirrus clouds
100

This is the term that describes any form of water that falls from clouds

What is precipitation

200
Air pressure does this as altitude increases.
What is decreases.
200
These are ice pellets that are larger than 5 mm and form during a thunderstorm.
What is hail.
200

A blinding storm with frozen precipitation and high winds.

What is a blizzard?

200

These clouds are thunderstorm clouds.

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

200
Weather happens in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere.
300

Conditions of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.

What is weather?

300
This is the reason why weather around the word is different.
What is the uneven heating of the earth.
300

Large storm that is powered by warm ocean water.

What is a hurricane?

300
These clouds form at or near the ground.
What is fog
300
This process turns water vapor in the air into a liquid
What is condensation
400

THis instrument measures wind speed.

What is an anemometer?

400
This is the instrument that is used to measure rain.
What is the rain gauge.
400
When air masses come together in the center of the US they form these dangerous storms.
What are tornadoes
400
These are the 3 main types of clouds.
What are cumulus, cirrus, & stratus.
400
This is what happens when there are long periods of little or no precipitation.
What is drought.
500

Convection currents are created when this happens in the air.

What is warm air rises and cold air sinks?

500
These are the 5 common types of precipitaiton.
What are rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail, and snow.
500

A wall or dome of water and the deadliest part of a hurricane.

What is the storm surge?

500
These are the layered clouds that cover much of the sky.
What are stratus clouds.
500

This is the amount of water vapor in the air compared with the amount it can hold.

What is the relative humidity.