Which state of matter has a definite shape and definite volume?
Solid
What type of precipitation is formed when updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops upward into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere.
hail
type of cloud that is white and fluffy
cumulus
How does water return to the ground in the water cycle?
Precipitation
What air mass is most dense?
Cold Front
When a gas reaches its condensation point it becomes a what?
liquid
What type of precipitation is a form of ice crystals. It originates in clouds when temperatures are below the freezing point, when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses directly into ice without going through the liquid stage
Snow
Fog is considered this type of cloud
stratus
What is the main source of energy for the water cycle?
The sun
What are the two main types of fronts?
Warm Front and Cold Front
Which state of matter has particles that are the farthest appart?
Gas
Sleet
type of thunderstorm cloud
cumulonimbus
How do plants give off water?
Transpiration
How are stationary fronts able to move?
change in wind direction
Which state of matter has an indefinite shape and an indefinite volume?
Gas
A type of light precipitation which consists of liquid water drops that are smaller than those of rain – generally smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter.
drizzle
type of cloud that is whispy and high alttitude
cirrus
What does Evaporation change water to?
Water Vapor
What type of front is when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses.
Occluded
Which state of matter has particles super close together.
Solid
A type of rain that freezes on impact with the ground or solid objects.
freezing rain
Type of coud that is a low-level layer with a fairly uniform grey or white colour. Often the scene of dull, overcast days
stratus
This process is how a gas turns to a liquid to form a cloud.
What term is used to explain a weather system that is the boundary separating two different types of air.
weather fronts