Cloud formation
Clouds hold ______ in that falls when ready
Precipitation
White, wispy clouds that are very high in the sky
Cirrus
Ice crystals that melt and fall from the clouds to the earth in liquid form
Rain
Scientists who study the weather are called
Meteorologists
At higher altitudes the weather is _______
Colder
a mass of water drops or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere is called what.
A Cloud
A puffy cloud that is seen during good weather
Cumulus
Ice crystals that stick together
The basic cause of all weather is
The sun
The boundary between to air masses
A front
Cloud form when ______ air rises
Moist
Stratus
Ice crystals that fall to the earth separately
Dry snow
The earth is split into the Northern and Southern ______
Hemisphere
Continental air masses are ____ and _____
Hot and Dry
Name the 3 ingredients for clouds
Water Dust Rising Air
Fog
Ice crystals that form pieces of ice in thunderheads and are tossed around in the cloud until too heavy when they fall
Hail
The earth's atmosphere has _ layers
5
The huge masses of air that collide in the middle lattitudes form over
Source Regions
What layer of the atmosphere has clouds
The Troposphere
_____ Forms when warm air moves over cold water and creates a cloud over the sea.
Sea Fog
Ice crystals that melt and freeze in the air
Sleet
Mrs Bachmann favorite food is
Sushi
Artic air masses have _____ and _____ air
Cold and dry