Light
Our main source of light.
What is the sun
This is the word for rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is precipitation
The distance between two crests
What is a wavelength
The average patterns of weather over longer time periods
What is climate
This cloud covers the sky like a blanket
What is a stratus cloud
The amount of light that the eye receives from a source
What is brightness
A gas such as water vapor turns into a liquid
What is condensation
the height of a wave measured from its midline
What is amplitude
The height above sea level
What is elevation
A cloud at ground level
What is fog
This is when an object takes in a light wave
What is absorption
Water that flows off the land into any body of water
What is runoff
How high or low a sound is
What is pitch
A measure of how far a place is from the equator
What is latitude
This cloud brings lightning, thunder, and heavy rain
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
An empty space with no matter in it
What is a vacuum
When water vapor turns into ice without first becoming liquid water
What is deposition
A measure of how strong a sound seems to us
What is volume
This climate zone is usually warm and humid
What is the tropical zone
This cloud forms 6 kilometers above the ground
What is a cirrus cloud
The actual amount of light that a source gives off
What is intensity
When ice changes into water vapor without first melting
What is sublimation
A device that takes in sound waves and displays the shape of the waves on a screen
What is an oscilloscope
A large current that carries warm water northward
What is the Gulf Stream
Vertical clouds cause this type of weather
What is a thunderstorm