Dew, fog, and clouds
Energy
Weather vocab
precipitation
Warming and cooling of the earth and atmosphere
100

 A cloud is? 

What is condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere. 

100

One type of greenhouse gas is...

What is carbon dioxide? 

100

Density is..

What is mass/volume? 

100

The typical cloud droplet is ---- um.

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What is 20um 

100

Kinetic energy is the energy of..

What is motion?
200

Statocumulus clouds usually form along what coast in florida? Page 129 

What is the south coast? 

200

Three ways energy is transferred into and through the atmosphere is...

WHat is radiation, conduction, and convection. 

200

Water vapor is...

What is water in gaseous form? 

200

Instrument that measures rain?

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What is a rain gauge? 

200

Heat flows from----- objects to----- objects. 

What is hot and cold?

300

high wispy clouds are 

What is cirrus clouds? 

300

Energy transfer through liquids is

What is convection?

300

Middle latitude is..

What is region between 30 degrees and 50 degrees latitude? 

300

A doppler radar is used for..

What is detects areas of precipitation?

300

Matter is anything that has ---- and ----. 

What is mass and volume?
400

Rain clouds that cover the whole sky are..

What is nimbostratus? 
400

A microwave oven creates a heat energy transfer called

What is radiation?

400

Wind speed is 

What is the rate at which air moves by a stationary object? 

400

Snowflake is...

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What is clumped together ice crystals?

400

Water heats up and cool down relatively... 

What is slowly? 

500

Long thin cloud behind a jet airplane..

What is contrail? 

500

Temperature drives...

What is weather?

500

Temperature inversion is.. 

What is an increase in air temp with height?
500

The rain that only needs cold temperatures is..

What is freezing rain?

500

Temperature is a measure of-------- and thus is a measure of ------ energy. 

What is speed of air molecules and kinetic energy?