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WATER
AIR
SPHERES
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITAION
MYSTREY
100
Movement of water from Earth, to the atmosphere, and back to Earth
What is water cycle?
100
large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity throughout
What is air mass?
100
The atmosphere is divided into layers based on
What is temperature?
100
cloud that indicates fair weather
What is cumulus cloud?
100
a wind that results from a local difference in temperature
What is local wind?
200
Process by which water in a fish tank disappears over time
What is evaporation?
200
weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth.
What is air pressure?
200
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and atmosphere make up
What is the atmosphere?
200
cloud that is made mostly of ice crystals
What is cirrus clouds?
200
global winds that always blow in the same direction
What is prevailing winds
300
Process by which water changes from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
300
Border between two air masses
What is a front?
300
Atmosphere layer closes to Earth's surface.
What is troposphere?
300
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
What is forms of precipitation?
300
measures air temperature
What is thermometer?
400
amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
400
air pressure is greatest at this point
What is sea level?
400
found mostly in the stratosphere
What is ozone layer?
400
cloud that forms low in the atmosphere
What is stratus clouds?
400
measures humidity
What is hygrometer?
500
water that falls from the atmosphere to Earth's surface
What is the precipitation?
500
pattern of weather an area experiences over a long time
What is climate?
500
a gas that protects Earth from the sun's harmful rays
What is ozone?
500
forms when water vapor has condensed into small water droplets near ground level
What is fog?
500
measures air pressure
What is barometer?