A large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity throughout
What is air mass
100
A region experiencing air pressure significantly greater than the surrounding atmosphere
What is high pressure system
100
Water that runs over the land to waterways being neither absored into the Earth nor evaporated into the air
What is runoff
100
You bring the two bowls inside. After 20 minutes, which will most likely be warmer: the soil or water?
What is The water because it releases heat more slowly.
100
A weather forecast says that a high pressure area will soon move into your area. If skies are currently overcast, what will happen as the high pressure areas move in?
What is C- the skies will clear up
200
The force of air molecules pressing on a surface
What is air pressure
200
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
200
The boundary between a mass of warm air moving to replace cold air
What is warm front
200
Imagine that the weather in your area is currently warm and sunny. The weather forecast says that a low-pressure system will move into your area. What type of weather is most likely coming?
What is cloud, rainy weather
200
In the US, in which direction do prevailing wind patterns tend to move?
What is B-west to eat
300
The border between a mass of cold air moving to replace warm air
What is cold front
300
High speed winds above the surface of the Earth caused by cold polar air meeting warm equatorial air
What is jet stream
300
The process by which water evaporates from the surface of the Earth by the Sun`s energy and later cools and condenses into precipitation to recycle the water and begin the cycle again
What is water cycle
300
A cold front pushes into New Jersey from the northwest. Where is the cold air mass: behind the line of the front or ahead of it?
What is the cold air mass is behind the line.
300
What is the name for the boundary between two air masses of differing temperature, air pressure, and humidity?
What is A-front
400
The phase change in which a gas changes to a liquid: condensation releases heat energy to the surroundings.
What is condensation
400
A region experiencing air pressure significantly lower than the surrounding atmosphere
What is low pressure system
400
Short-term challenges in atmospheric conditions, such as rainfall,cloud cover, air pressure, and temperature
What is weather
400
A warm front pushes into your state from the southwest. Are the clouds likely to be flat and parallel to the ground, or will they rise perpendicular to it?
What is flat an parallel to the ground
400
What is the primary cause of the Earth`s weather systems?
What is C-the uneven heating o the Earth`s surface by the sun
500
The oahse change in which a liquid turns into gas; evaporation absorbs heat from the surroundings
What is evaportaion
500
Water that falls to the Earth in various forms, such as rain, snow, or hail
What is precipitation
500
You leave a bowl of room temperature soil and a bowl of room temperature water out in the Sun. After 20 minutes, which will have the higher temperature: the soil or the water?
What is the soil because it heats up more quickly
500
Based on the map, what are the weather conditions probably like in southern Idaho?
What is low pressure brings cloudy and rainy skies.
500
In which of the following phases changes is water absorbing heat energy?