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Clouds
Thermal Energy
Global Position
Air Masses and Fronts
More Clouds and Fronts
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A puffy looking white or grey thing in the sky
What is a cloud?
100
A four letter word for tipped that describes the direction of the earth's axis.
What is tilt?
100
A word that starts with G and stands for a spherical representation of the earth
What is a globe?
100
A large body of air with relatively uniform pressure, temperature, and humidity
What is an air mass?
100
The prefix used to indicate a cloud is higher than normal
What is alto?
200
One of the four basic cloud types. These form low in the sky and are named after the Latin word for "layer".
What are stratus clouds?
200
The name of this category and one of the main things that affects the earth's weather.
What is thermal energy?
200
Mr. Long's favorite type of imaginary lines around the earth (the ones that run north and south)
What are lines of longitude?
200
The coldest of the three basic types of air masses.
What is an arctic air mass?
200
The prefix used to indicate a cloud is darker than normal
What is nimbus?
300
One of the four basic clouds. These are puffy in appearance and are named after the Latin word meaning "a pile".
What are cumulus clouds?
300
A word similar to insulation that means the light that comes to earth. It stands for "INncoming SOLAr radiaTION".
What is insolation?
300
Imaginary lines that run east and west across the earth
What are lines of latitude?
300
The air mass sub-category that indicates it was formed over the ocean
What is maritime?
300
A boundary between two air masses
What is a weather front?
400
One of the four basic clouds. These are generally formed in mountainous regions and appear oval in shape.
What are lenticular clouds?
400
The two main factors that determine the amount of insolation the earth receives at any given time
What are the distance from the sun and the earth's axial tilt?
400
The point at which the earth is farthest from the sun
What is aphelion?
400
The air mass sub-category that indicates it was formed over land
What is continental?
400
The front that results when a warm air mass moves into a region occupied by colder air
What is a warm front?
500
One of the four basic clouds. These are found at the top of the troposphere and are made of tiny ice crystals.
What are cirrus clouds?
500
The latitude line on which the sun's light shines most directly and most effectively.
What is the equator?
500
The point at which the earth is closest to the sun
What is perihelion?
500
The type of front that typically forms when two air masses traveling in the same direction collide.
What is an occluded front?
500
A type of front that results when two air masses collide and neither moves
What is a stationary front?