Blue
The condition of the air is ______
weather
The weather conditions an area receives over time is ______.
climate
_____ are whirling windstorms that form over a warm ocean.
Hurricanes
moving air
wind
Beads of frozen rain are called _____
______ are formed when molecules of water vapor begin to freeze.
Snowflakes
The layer of air that surrounds the earth is the _____.
atmosphere
absorb
The sun's heat energy changes water into a gas called water _____.
vapor
_____ are whirling windstorms that form over hot land.
Tornadoes
thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes
weight of air
air pressure
A meteorologist studies the _____.
weather
condensation
Name the three elements that make weather.
heat, water, wind
sound that follows lightning
thunder
The atmosphere keeping heat from the earth from escaping back into space is called the __________ effect.
greenhouse
The climate area that is always cold is the _____ zone.
frigid
Electricity that jumps from one cloud to another or from a cloud to the earth.
lightning
windstorm often called a twister
tornado