Water Cycle (a)
What is the process of turning water from a liquid to a gas called?
What is evaporation
To make water condense, what must happen to the temperature?
It has to go down
Hot air goes ____ and cold air goes _____.
Up/Down
Name the front: Warm air comes into an area and pushes cold air our of the way.
Warm
What powers the water cycle?
The sun
What must be added to water to make it evaporate?
heat
Where is most water on Earth found?
Oceans
How do we name a breeze/wind/air mass?
Where it's coming from
This front causes thunderstorms then clear skies.
Cold
Where is the cool air in a sea breeze?
Over the water
What is is called when water moves from the atmosphere to the surface of the Earth?
Precipitation
A group of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere.
a cloud.
If sand and water are placed under a heat lamp, the _____ will heat up faster.
Sand
The letter L on a weather map shows a place is having what kind of weather?
Bad/Lousy
Why does wind not blow in a straight line?
The Earth is rotating
What determines whether precipitation will be snow or rain?
The temperature
The percentage of freshwater on Earth
3%
Which determines most of the weather in USA?
trade winds, prevailing westerlies, polar easterlies
Prevailing Westerlies
Why do most hurricanes happen in the fall?
Because the ocean water is warm from heating up during the summer..
What happens to a hurricane when it hits land?
It loses power/slows down
Where is the largest amount of fresh water found?
Ice Caps and Glaciers (Frozen)
Water in the form of gas
water vapor
Cold air has _____ pressure and density and hot air has ______ pressure and density.
High/Low
Why do most tornados happen in the middle of the US (Tornado Valley)?
Cold air masses from Canada hit warm air masses from the Gulf of Mexico.
A large body of air that has the same temperature and moisture levels is called?
An air mass