Water Cycle
If this is taken away from the water cycle then it would never occur.
Water
This was added to their city and they experienced more rain because of it.
A lake/dam
This current unit is called _______________.
Weather Patterns
The amount of air that moves as a unit.
air parcel
The name of the article we read in class about the huge rain storm that affected and killed many people.
Disaster In California
During evaporation, this causes liquid water to become water vapor when heated to the right temperature.
The sun?
More surface water plus more sunlight will equal bigger clouds which will cause more ________.
Rain
Name the three modes you can use the Sim in.
Lab Mode, Regional Weather 1, Regional Weather 2
The layer of the atmosphere that is closest to the surface of the Earth and is where all weather occurs.
troposphere
An air parcel will rise until it reaches ______ with the surrounding air.
Equilibrium
During the process of condensation, heat is transferred from an air parcel to the surrounding air which means the air parcel loses this.
Energy
Another factor that caused more severe storms was the _______ weather.
Warm or hot
What do the yellow arrows coming out of the air parcel represent?
Energy transfer
A scientist who studies the weather.
meteorologist
Two ingredients needed for a cloud to form.
What is heat/energy(sunlight) and water?
I fall from clouds in various forms. I can be liquid or I can be ice. But if I fall hard then I ain't nothing nice.
Precipitation
This woman said that the cause of the storms was the extreme heat Galetown was experiencing.
GLENDA!
In amplify, the amount of energy transferred out is measured in this.
Mega Joules
Energy comes from the sun, so we say that the sun is a _______ of energy.
source
A hot air balloon goes higher into the air because it contains more ______.
Heat/Energy
I am the name of the step in the Water Cycle after evaporation. What am I?
Condensation
Another factor besides the lake and the heat that caused Galetown to have more severe rainstorms.
Wind
In Regional Weather 2, the hashtags represent...
Air pressure
Someone who uses factors such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, and wind to reconstruct and understand the mystery of weather (Dr. Kenji is this...)
Forensic Meteorologist
How does condensation occur?
An air parcel rises, loses energy, which causes the water vapor to cool and turn into tiny droplets of water