Water Cycle
What stage happens when water vapor cools and turns into liquid droplets?
Condensation
As altitude increases, what happens to air pressure?
It decreases.
What type of front brings heavy rain or thunderstorms?
Cold front
What tools help predict weather?
Computers, weather balloons, automated stations
What warm ocean current flows along the East Coast?
Gulf Stream
What kind of pressure forms in hurricanes?
Low pressure
Name two ways water vapor enters the atmosphere.
Evaporation and Transpiration (also Respiration)
What happens to air temperature as altitude increases?
It decreases.
What front forms when warm air is trapped between cold air masses?
Occluded front
Falling barometric pressure means what?
Stormy weather coming
How does the Gulf Stream affect the East Coast?
Keeps it warmer and more humid
What causes hurricane rotation?
Colliding air masses + Coriolis effect
What stage involves plants releasing water vapor?
Transpiration
Why does breathing feel harder at high elevations?
Air density is lower (less oxygen).
A front where warm and cold air meet but neither moves is called what?
Stationary front
What are lines connecting equal air pressure called?
Isobars
How do warm ocean currents affect air masses?
Warm and moisten them
What is the dome of water pushed ashore by hurricanes called?
Storm surge
When liquid water changes to water vapor, what process is occurring?
Evaporation
What layer of the atmosphere contains most weather?
Troposphere
Describe a continental polar air mass.
Cool and dry
Why are accurate forecasts important for farmers?
Helps plan planting/harvesting
How do ocean currents influence climate?
Move warm/cold water affecting temperature
What causes wind to form?
Uneven heating of Earth's surface
What two stages of the water cycle both involve water changing state?
Evaporation and Condensation
Why do your ears 'pop' when flying in an airplane?
Air pressure changes with altitude.
What air mass forms over warm ocean water near the tropics?
Maritime Tropical
What kind of weather is linked to high pressure?
Clear, dry weather
Florida’s warm, humid climate is influenced by what?
Proximity to warm ocean water
What are jet streams and westerlies?
Fast-moving air currents affecting weather