Elements of Weather
List the three stages of the water cycle.
The three stages of the water cycle includes evaporation, precipitation, and condensation.
List two ways that air can be cooled to it's dew point.
Two ways that air can be cooled to it's dew point includes frontal and orographic lifting.
What is the water cycle?
The water cycle is the continuous movement between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things.
What is weather?
Weather is the short-term state of the atmosphere, temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind, and visibility.
How do we describe weather?
Wee describe weather with temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind, and visibility.
Compare and contrast high clouds to low clouds.
High clouds are thin and absorbs energy that radiates from Earth, part of which is re-radiated back to Earth's surface. On the other hand, low clouds are thick and reflect more sunlight, which helps cool Earth.
List three types of fronts.
Three types of fronts includes cold fronts, warm fronts, and stationary fronts.
What is a cloud?
A cloud is a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in air.
What are some ways to collect weather data?
Some ways to collect weather data includes ground stations, weather buoys, airplanes, satellites, and ocean ships.
Compare and contrast high clouds to low clouds.
High clouds are thin and absorbs energy that radiates from Earth, part of which is re-radiated back to Earth's surface. On the other hand, low clouds are thick and reflect more sunlight, which helps cool Earth.
Compare and contrast low- and high-pressure systems.
Low-pressure systems are usually when air rises, while high-pressure systems sink slowly.
What is an air mass?
An air mass is a large volume of air as in which temperature and moisture content are nearly the same throughout.
What is the dew point?
The dew point is the temperature at which more condensation than evaporation occurs.
What is a cloud condensation nuclei? List four examples.
A cloud condensation nuclei is the surfaces on which water droplets condense.Three examples includes dust, salt, soil, and smoke.
What do jet streams affect?
Jet streams are long-distance winds that travel above global winds for thousands of kilometers, and affects temperature and precipitation patterns.
What is fog?
Fog is water vapor that condenses very near Earth's surface.
How is humidity, precipitation, air pressure, visibility, and wind measured?
Humidity is measured with a psychrometer, precipitation with a rain gauge, air pressure with a barometer, visibility with landmarks, and wind speed is measured with a anemometer while wind direction is with a wind vane / windsock.
How does climate change affect precipitation?
Climate change affects precipitation, because when the temperature changes, the evaporation will either increase or decrease, and can result in more or less storms.
How does wind affect ocean currents?
Wind affects ocean currents, because winds form ocean currents. it happens when winds push water across Earth's oceans.
Define monsoons.
Monsoons are winds that change direction with the seasons.