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The movement of water in different forms
What is the water cycle
100
Any form of water that falls down to Earth
What is precipitation
100
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
What is an air mass
100
A violent disturbance in the atmosphere
What is a storm
100
When _______ clouds become _______ clouds, there will be a storm coming
What are cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds
200
Relative Humidity
What is the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor that the air can hold
200
How big is a typical raindrop
0.5-5 mm
200
Maritime tropical, maritime polar, continental tropical, and continental polar
What are the 4 major type of air masses in North America, and how do they move
200
A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning
What is a thunderstorm
200
_____ are scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it
What is a meteorologist
300
Relative humidity can be measured with an instrument called a psychrometer
What is humidity and how is it measured
300
Freezing rain (is/is not) hail
is not
300
Colliding air masses can form 4 types of fronts: cold, warm, stationary, and occluded fronts
What are the main types of fronts
300
________ and ________ are both commonly formed in cumulonimbus clouds.
Where are HURRICANES and TONADOES formed
300
Meteorologists use _, _, and _ to analyze weather data and to prepare weather forecasts
What are maps, charts, and computers
400
Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus
What are the three MAIN types of clouds
400
Sleet forms as it falls to Earth
Where does sleet form
400
A swirling center of low air pressure
What is a cyclone
400
Tornado Alley
What is the weather pattern in the Great Plains that causes tornados
400
Lines that connect to areas on a weather map to show same pressure and temperature
What are isobars and isotherms
500
What is the name of the unit (I know this is jepordy, but who cares)
Water in the Atmosphere
500
What's 9+10
19 (duh)
500
A swirling center of high pressure
What is an anticlone
500
Snow
What is the precipitation type that most precipitation start as
500
Collecting data, either from simple observations or through the use of instruments
What is the first step in weather forcasting