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Air & Breezes
Fronts & Storms
Winds
Meteorology
Blast from the Past
100
The flow of air from an ocean or lake to the land.
What is Seabreeze
100
Cold air being moved into an area in the atmosphere.
What is a Cold Front
100
Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.
What Global Winds
100
Elevation above sea level
What is Altitude
100
The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves.
What is Transpiration
200
The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface.
What is Air Pressure
200
A severe storm with strong winds that develops over tropical oceans.
What is a Hurricane
200
Horizontal movement of air from high to low pressure.
What is Wind
200
The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area
What is Climate
200
An underground layer of rock or soil that holds water
What is Groundwater
300
A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
What is a Cloud
300
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is Humidity
300
A narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere
What is the Jet Stream
300
The scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere, especially in relation to weather and climate.
What is Meteorolody
300
Water that flows over land into streams and rivers
What is Run-off
400
A body of air covering a relatively wide area.
What is an air mass.
400
Warm air being moved into an area in the atmosphere
What is a warm front
400
Winds that blow over short distances.
What air Local Winds
400
Mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth
What is the Atmosphere
400
It happens when water moves through the soil because of gravity
What is Percolation
500
The flow of air from land to a body of water.
What is a Land Breeze
500
A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface
What is a Tornado
500
Rotation of the Earth affects the direction of winds and currents
What is the Coriolis Effect
500
The short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind and visibility.
What is Weather
500
The layout and different sections of the ocean floor
What is Subsurface Topography