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Vocabulary
Water in the Air
Air Masses and Fronts
Severe Weather
Forecasting the Weather
100
The amount of moisture in the air.
What is humidity?
100
In what part of the water cycle do clouds form?
What is condensation?
100
What causes changes in the weather?
What is air masses move and meet?
100
How does a hurricane begin?
What is with thunderstorms over the ocean?
100
What tool measures air pressure?
What is a barometer?
200
A percentage that shows how much water vapor is in the air.
What is relative humidity?
200
What is a cloud made of?
What is water droplets?
200
What kind of weather does a cold front usually bring?
What is stormy?
200
What causes lightning?
What is an electric discharge?
200
Precipitation that freezes as it falls is known as what?
What is sleet?
300
Clouds that cover a large area are known as what?
What is stratus?
300
Moisture in the air can also be called what?
What is water vapor?
300
The most common form of precipitation is what?
What is rain?
300
Where is the safest location in a thunderstorm?
What is staying low on the ground?
300
Water vapor that changes to a solid is known as what?
What is snow?
400
A cloud that brings a thunderstorm is known as what?
What is cumulonimbus?
400
The temperature at which air is saturated is know as what?
What is the dew point?
400
Describe an altocumulus cloud.
What is a puffy, mid-level cloud?
400
Precipitation that is made of balls of ice is what?
What is hail?
400
Isobars help meteorologists by doing what?
What is by showing high and low pressure areas?
500
A puffy white cloud with a flat bottom is known as what?
What is cumulus?
500
A cloud that forms near the ground is known as what?
What is fog?
500
What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?
What is many days of cloudy, wet weather?
500
If there is a tornado warning for your area, you should?
What is go to a room with no windows?
500
Meteorologists track cyclones and anticyclones because they?
What is because they help predict stormy or clear weather?