Water Cycle
A process where water moves from Earth´s surface into the atmosphere
What is Water Cycle
They are the most common clouds that are high level. They are thin, wispy clouds and usually mean good weather
What is Cirrus Cloud
The lowest layer of the atmosphere. It is 10 km from ground. It is the layer where all living things and weather stay.
What is Troposphere
An instrument used to measure wind speed
What is an Anemomter
A front that brings serve thunderstorms,heavy rain or snow. It forms when cold air moves under warm air which is less dense and moves air up
What is a Cold Front
When water is warm and turns into water vapor and floats higher in the atmosphere
What is Evaporation
They are gray clouds that cover the sky and usually bring mist or light rain
What is Stratus Cloud
The middle layer of the atmosphere. It is 85 km from Earth´s surface. It is the coldest layer but, it can burn meteors and shooting stars due to gases and friction creating heat. The coldest temperature ever recorded in this layer is -130°F.
What is Mesosphere
An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
What is a Barometer
A front that brings light rain then is followed up with fair weather. It happens when warm air moves cold air.
What is a Warm Front
When water vapor comes together and turns into a cloud and collects more water vapor as it travels
What is Condensation
A white, puffy cloud with flat bottoms, these clouds usually bring fair weather
What is Cumulus Cloud
This layer is the second to last layer, it is 690 km from Earths surface. It is the hottest layer too. Temperatures there can get up to 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit. In the this layer is the aurora borealis, space shuttles, and satellites.
What is Thermosphere
A weather instrument used to measure wind direction
What is a Wind Vane
When are masses don´t move causing rain for a long period of time.
What is a Stationary Front
When a cloud gets to heavy and bursts and water is in the form of rain,sleet or snow
What is Preception
A big, fluffy, clouds that are also called thunderheads because they bring big storms
What is Cumulonimbus Cloud
This layer is the second lowest layer to the Earth. It is 50 km from Earth´s surface and contains the ozone layer that protects us from the Sun´s harmful rays
What is Stratosphere
A weather tool that is used to tell the temperature
What is a Thermometer
A severe storm that form over tropical oceans and has strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center
What is a Hurricane
When water flows on solid land to find a body of water
What is Surface-Runoff
These low level clouds are dark and usually bring rain and the cloud spreads cross the sky
What is Nimbus Cloud
This layer is the last layer of Earth´s atmosphere. It merges into space. It is 1,000 km from Earth´s surface.
What is Exosphere
A weather instrument that measures the amount of humidity in the area
What is a Sling Psychrometer
A violent rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm down to the ground.formed when warm, humid air meets with cold, dry air. The cold air is pushed over the warm air, usually producing thunderstorms. The warm air rises through the colder air, causing an updraft.
What is a Tornado