a large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity throughout
What is air mass
100
a region experiencing air pressure significantly greater than the surrounding atmosphere
What is high-pressure system
100
water runs over the land to waterways, being neither absorbed onto the earths surface
What is runoff
100
brings rainy weather
What is what a low-pressure system brings
100
A weather forecast says that high-pressure area will soon move into your area. If the skies are currently overcast,what will happen as the high-pressure area moves in
What is The skies will clear up
200
The force of air molecules pressing on a surface
What is air pressure
200
the amount of water vapor on the air
What is humidity
200
the boundary between a mass of warm air moving to replace the cold air
What is warm front
200
the cold air mass is behind
What is a cold front pushes into New Jersey from the northwest Where is the cold air mass
200
In the united states, in which direction do prevailing wind patterns tend to move
What is west to east
300
the border between a mass of cold air moving to replace warm air
What is cold front
300
high speed winds about 10-15 km above the surface of the Earth, caused by cold polar air meeting warm equatorial air
What is jet stream
300
the process in which water evaporates from that surface of the Earth by the Sun's energy and later cools and later cools and condenses into precipitation to recycle the water and begin the cycle again
What is the water cycle
300
the clouds are flat and parallel to the ground in a warm front
What is are the clouds parallel to the ground
300
what is the name for the boundary between two air masses of differing temperature, air pressure, and humidity
What is front
400
the phase change in which a gas changes into a liquid
What is condensation
400
a region experiencing air pressure significantly less than the surrounding atmosphere
What is low-pressure system
400
short-term changes such in atmospheric conditions
What is weather
400
what would happen is western Europe no longer got warm air by the Gulf stream
What is it would be cool
400
whats is the primary cause of the earth's weather systems
What is the uneven heating of the Earth's surface by Sun
500
the phase change in which a liquid turns into a gas
What is evaporation
500
water falls to the Earth in various form
What is precipitation
500
name one phase changes is water absorbing heat energy