The Water Cycle
The water cycle step that includes plants
What is transpiration?
The day to day state of the atmosphere
What is weather?
When clouds cover the sky at night after a sunny day, do temperatures increase or decrease?
What is increase?
Huge bodies of air that take on the temperature and moisture of where they form.
What are air masses?
Hurricanes form in waters with what kind of temperatures?
What is warmer temperatures?
What process am I describing: "Liquid surface water is converted into water vapor via the Sun's Heat energy"
What is evaporation?
Average weather conditions over a long period of time
What is climate?
Cirrus clouds typically indicate fair/feather weather but in a few days a _______ will come.
What is a front?
True or False: Both cold fronts and warm fronts can bring some type of rain.
What is true?
Rocky Mount experiences a very cloudy, stormy day. Are we likely experiencing high pressure or low pressure?
What is low pressure?
The water cycle is directly driven by....
What is the Sun's energy?
Another way to say atmospheric or barometric pressure
What is air pressure?
Remember "Triple C" when it comes to cloud formation? What do the 3 Cs stand for?
What is cool, condense, clouds?
This type of front comes with precipitation over longer periods (several days/weeks)
What is stationary?
Higher wind speeds is associated with what type of weather event?
What is a storm?
Increased evaporation rates come with ________ (increased/decreased) temperatures.
What is increased?
A wind vane measures ______________, while an anemometer measures ______________.
What is wind direction and wind speed?
True or False: Water vapor must rise and warm before it can condense into clouds.
What is false?
A cold front passes by Rocky Mount and students measure wind speed. Would the wind speed most likely be increased, decreased, or the same compared to normal conditions?
What is increased?
True or False: Places near the equator typically receive more precipitation than places further away
What is true?
If rates of evaporation decrease, then cloud formation should.....
A student collects the following air pressure data over four days:
Day 1: 29.92
Day 2: 29.97
Day 3: 30.13
Day 4: 30.24
What type of weather can the student predict for Day 5?
What is clear, fair weather?
What does the prefix "nimbo/nimbus" mean?
What is rain?
A maritime tropical air mass is passing through an area. What temperature and moisture level can you expect from that air?
What is warm and moist?
The force exerted by the weight of air molecules pressing down on Earth.
What is air pressure?