Elements of weather
True or False
the water cycle is continuous
True
How is temperature measured?
a thermometer
what is an air mass?
large volume of air in which temperature and moisture content are nearly the same throughout.
Drip! Drip! Drop!Who's banging on your roof?
RAIN!
what is a cloud?
a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in the air.
What is the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.
weather
How is air pressure measured?
using a barometer
what happens when two air masses meet?
a front forms
tiny crystals falling too the ground what am I?
SNOW!
what falls from clouds?
precipitation.
how many forms of precipitation are there?
4.Hail,snow ,rain, and sleet.
how is wind measured?
using a anemometer or a wind vane
what is a front?
a boundary that forms between air masses.
Ping pong balls flying from the clouds what am I?
HAIL!
How do clods form?
water vapor condenses, or changes form from a gas to liquid.
what is a dew point?
the temp at which more condensation than evaporation occurs.
what is one way scientists can collect weather data?
(any one answer)Ground stations, weather byou,airplanes,ships,or satellites.
what are jet streams?
long distance winds that travel above global winds for thousands of kilometers.
A layer of ice on your car, what am I?
SLEET!
what is fog?
water vapor that condenses very near to Earth's surface.