Show:
You Spin Me Right Round!
Under Pressure!
I'm on Cloud Nine
Weather Wringer
100
What is the step called in which water droplets become too large/heavy in the clouds and fall to the ground?
Precipitation!
100
When making a cloud in class, did the cloud appear when there was high pressure or low pressure?
Low pressure! (When the bottle was released, instead of squeezed)
100
How do clouds form?
Water vapor condenses around particles of dust in the air.
100
What is a large region of air that has similar temperature and humidity?
An air mass!
200
What is the step called when rain water flows through lakes and streams into oceans/lakes?
Runoff!
200
What is a barometer?
A tool used to measure air pressure!
200
What type of cloud is HIGH in the atmosphere with wispy and fuzzy edges?
Cirrus clouds!
200
What word means "where two air masses meet"?
Front!
300
What is the step called when water in lakes or oceans is heated by the sun and rises into the atmosphere as water vapor?
Evaporation!
300
Describe a high pressure system.
Cool, dry air
300
What type of cloud forms VERY close to the ground?
FOG!
300
In North America, all weather fronts move in which direction?
West to East! (Remember WE)
400
What is the step called where water vapor is cooled and turns into water droplets?
Condensation!
400
Describe a low pressure system.
warm, humid air
400
What type of cloud is LOW in the atmosphere and appears in blanket-like layers?
Stratus clouds!
400
When raindrops go through a layer of very cold air near the ground, what type of precipitation will form?
Sleet or Frozen Raindrops!
500
What are the four forms of precipitation?
Rain, sleet, hail, snow!
500
What are the four variables that affect air pressure?
Volume, Temperature, Height above Earth's surface, and Amount of water vapor!
500
What type of cloud has a middle altitude and appears as individual puffy clouds?
Cumulus clouds!
500
Raindrops that collide with ice and freeze can create what type of precipitation?
Hail or Hailstones!