DEFINE
DEFINE METEOROLOGY.
STUDY OF WEATHER AND ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS.
THE PROCES OF GOING FROM A SOLID TO A LIQUID IS CALLED _?_.
MELTING
3 TYPES OF TROPICAL CYCLONES.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION, TROPICAL STORM, HURRICANE.
IS THE "LENS-SHAPED" CLOUD.
LENTICULAR CLOUD
WHAT IS A WEATHER SATELLITE?
SATELLITE USED BY METEOROLOGISTS TO TRACK WEATHER AROUND THE GLOBE.
DEFINE EVAPORATION.
PROCESS OF A LIQUID BECOMING A GAS.
THE PROCESS OF GOING DIRECTLY FROM A GAS TO A SOLID IS CALLED _?_.
DEPOSITION
TYPE OF CLOUD RESEMBLING "MARES´TAILS".
CIRRUS
IS THE SCALE USED TO RANK HURRICANES BY WIND SPEED.
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE
IS THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR.
HUMIDITY
DEFINE DOWNBURST.
CONCENTRATED DOWNWARD BLAST OF COOL WIND DURING A THUNDERSTORM.
FREE TURN!
FREE POINTS!
ARE THE LINES OF EQUAL PRESSURE.
ISOBARS
IS THE DEVICE THAT USES RADIO WAVES TO DETECT OBJECTS AND MEASURE THEIR DIRECTION.
RADAR
FREE TURN!
FREE POINTS!
DEFINE CEILOMETER.
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE FROM THE GROUND TO THE BASE OF CLOUDS.
THE MOST INTENSE TYPE OF DOWNBURST IS CALLED _?_.
MICROBURST
HOOK ECHO
IS THE MOST FREQUENT TYPE OF CLOUD.
STRATOCUMULUS
IS THE AIR MASS THAT FORMS OVER SNOW-AND ICE-COVERED PORTIONS OF THE ARCTIC.
ARCTIC AIR MASS
DEFINE PRECIPITATION.
LIQUID OR SOLID WATER THAT FALLS TO THE EARTH.
LINES OF EQUAL HEAT ARE CALLED _?_.
ISOTHERMS
3 MAJOR FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE EARTH´S WEATHER.
HEAT ENERGY, UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT ENERGY, AND WATER VAPOR IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH RAIN FORMS IN VERY WARM REGIONS.
COLLISION-COALESCENSE PROCESS
WHAT IS A TORNADO?
IS A NARROW FUNNEL OF POWERFUL, SWIRLING WIND THAT STRETCHES FROM A CLOUD TO THE GROUND.