The Water Cycle
The continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
Water Cycle
the boundary between a mass of warm air and a retreating mass of cold air
What is warm front
Name one gas in the atmosphere
What is Nitrogen
What do cirrus clouds bring?
What is Calm peaceful weather
The weight of the earth's atmosphere presses down on everything at the surface.
What is Atmospheric Pressure
Where does runoff run too?
What are Creeks, Streams, Ponds
When a cold, dense air mass pushes under a warm, lighter air mass, forcing the warm air to rise
What is cold front
What atmosphere name do clouds form in?
What is Troposphere
What type of cloud brings rain and snow?
Nimbostratus clouds
the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass
What is Gravity
What part of the water cycle does it start to rain or snow?
What is precipitation
a weather front or transition zone between two air masses (cold and warm)
What is stationary fronts
What does the Stratosphere do for the Earth?
What is -protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
What type of cloud brings in cloudy weather?
What is Cumulus Clouds
The separation of two air masses
Frontal Boundaries
The process of water turning into vapor
What is Evaporation
Point to a decrease in intensity of the parent weather system and are indicated by a purple line with alternating triangles and half-moons on the side of its motion
What is Occluded fonts
What is the farthest sphere from the Earth?
What is Exosphere
What type of cloud can bring in heavy weather or even tornadoes?
What is Cumulonimbus
The Process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water
What is Condensation
Name all the steps of the water cycle.
What is Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, runoff
What weather do occluded fronts bring?
What are heavy rains
Name all the 5 layers of our atmosphere
What are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere
What do altocumulus clouds bring?
What is -Settled weather with white or some shades of gray
What is it called when water comes from plants?
What is Transpiration