Water Cycle
Which part of the water cycle is "from plants" ?
Transpiration
The collection of water on and below the ground is called?
Accumulation
A large of body of air that has the same temperature and humidity throughout it.
Front
This pressure causes air to sink. This usually results in several days of clear sunny skies.
High Pressure
When either a cold or warm front stops moving.
Stationary Front
They orbit the Earth and take images and data of the Earth's atmosphere.
Weather Satellites
What is the atmosphere made up of?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Which part of the water cycle is making clouds?
Condensation
What are the four forms of precipitation?
These air masses bring dry and cold air.
Continental Polar
Air rises in ______ pressure areas and forms water droplets. This usually results in rain and storms.
Low Pressure
The zone where warm air gets caught by two cold air masses and overtakes the warm air
Occluded Front
Violent storm that goes into a funnel-shape
Tornadoes
What are the four layers of the atmosphere in order from Earth Surface to Space?
1.Troposphere
2.Stratosphere
3.Mesosphere
4.Thermosphere
Water vapor(gas) changing to liquid water is called?
What is the percentage of all water being Fresh water?
3%
These air masses bring humid and warm air.
Maritime Tropical
The border where two Air Masses meet. Most weather changes occur along a front.
front
A person who studies and predicts the weather.
Meteorologist
a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
Tsunami
Atmosphere protects us from harmful?
UV rays or limits the Sun's heat.
Liquid Water changing to water vapor (gas) is called?
Evaporation
What drives the water cycle?
The Sun
These air masses bring humid and cold air.
Maritime Polar
The zone where cold air is replacing warmer air
Cold Front
instrument that measures wind speed
anemometer
a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the ear
Earthquake
What is the last part of the atmosphere that separates the Thermosphere and Space?
Exosphere
Water falling from the clouds is called?
Precipitation
Water that accumulates "under" the ground is called?
groundwater
These air masses bring dry and warm air.
Continental Tropical
The zone where warm air is replacing colder air
Warm Front
tool of collection of precipitation from the atmosphere is gathered
rain gauge
a long high a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
Hurricane
Elevation above sea level means ____________.
Altitude