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Transfer of Heat
Air Masses and Fronts
Wind
Clouds
Vocabulary
100
The wax cools off, becomes more dense and drops to the bottom. The wax heats up, becomes less dense and rises to the top.
What is a lava lamp?
100
This air mass is warm and wet.
What is a continental polar air mass?
100
This is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
What is wind?
100
This is a cloud that sticks lowest to the ground.
What is a stratus cloud?
100
This is when water turns to water vapor and steam.
What is evaporation?
200
Warm air rises when this happens.
What happens when warm air rises?
200
This air mass is warm and dry.
What is a continental tropical air mass?
200
During the day, this wind goes to land from the water.
What are cold winds?
200
The two clouds in the medium level?
What is altocumulus and altostratus?
200
This is when water vapor condenses and turns to clouds.
What is condensation?
300
The transfer of heat through direct contact.
What is conduction?
300
This air mass is cold and wet.
What is a maritime polar air mass?
300
During the night, this air rises and cold air takes it's place from land.
What are warm winds?
300
above 6000 m up.
What is High level?
300
This is when rain, snow, sleet, and hail falls to the ground.
What is precipitation?
400
The transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
400
This air mass is cold and dry.
What is a maritime tropical air mass?
400
Earth's global winds move in this direction because cold air falls from the north pole and warm air rises from the equator.
Why does earth's global winds move counter-clock-wise on the top part of the equator?
400
0 to 2000 meters up.
What is the low level?
400
This is the varying temperature at which condensation occurs.
What is a dew point?
500
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.
What is convection?
500
This air mass is most likely able to hit us in California.
What is the maritime tropical air mass?
500
Earth's global winds move in this direction because cold air from the south pole falls to the equator and warm air rises to the south pole.
Why do earth's global winds move clock-wise on the bottom part of the equator?
500
The highest cloud in the atmosphere.
What is Cirrus cloud.
500
This is a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
What is an aquifer?