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Atmosphere and Weather
Precipitation and Clouds
Predicting Weather
Climate
Mr. Melvin's Smartness
100
Wind that blows from the land toward the sea.
What is a land breeze?
100
A cloud that has a wispy, featherlike shape.
What is a cirrus cloud?
100
A large region of the atmosphere in which the air has similar properties, such as temperature and precipitation, throughout.
What is a air mass?
100
Areas near the equator with hot, wet climates.
What is a tropical zone?
100
The three factors of all weather.
What are temperature, moisture, and air pressure?
200
A circular pattern of rising air, sinking air, and winds, caused by unequal heating and cooling of a region's air.
What is a convection cell?
200
The actual amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
200
The lines on a weather map that connect places with equal air pressure.
What are isobars?
200
Areas near the poles that have long, frigid winters and short, cool summers.
What is polar zones?
200
The state of the atmosphere of any area with regards to temperature, moisture, air pressure.
What is weather?
300
The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface.
What is a troposphere?
300
A cloud that appears in blanketlike layers.
What is a stratus cloud?
300
The place where warm air moves in over a cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
300
Regions located within a large landmass have this climate.
What is a continental climate?
300
Water can be a gas, liquid, or a solid.
What are the 3 states of water?
400
The force exerted on a given area by impacts of gas particles in constant motion.
What is air pressure?
400
The changing of a gas into a liquid as heat is removed.
What is condensation?
400
A tool used to predict weather by showing different fronts and areas of high and low pressure.
What is a weather map?
400
Regions near an ocean or other large body of water have this climate.
What is a maritime climate?
400
The movement of air.
What is wind?
500
The amount of the Sun's energy that reaches Earth at a given time and place.
What is insolation?
500
A billowy, puffy cloud that seems to rise from a flat bottom.
What is a cumulus cloud?
500
The place where cold air moves in under a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
500
The height of an area in relation to sea level.
What is elevation?
500
Lots of pressure exerted (or pushed down) by the atmosphere.
What is high air pressure?