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Vocabulary
Clouds
Terms on a Weather Map
Stormy Weather
Weather Facts
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A large body of gas that has similar temperature and humidity throughout  .

What is an Air Mass?

100
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100

Cold air that moves in forcing warm air up. May cause violent storms.

What is a Cold Front?

100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100

Most abundant element in the atmosphere?

What is Nitrogen?

200

 A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air 

What is a cloud ?

200
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200

What air pressure does when you increase in altitude.

What is decreases?

300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
300

Pressure that causes dry air?

What is High Pressure?

300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300

The part of the Earth that absorbs the most energy? 

What is the equator?

400

 The transfer of heat by the movement of fluid 

What is convection?

400
Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface
What is fog?
400

Warm air moves in. May cause drizzle or snow.

What is a warm front?

400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
400

This protects us from ultraviolet rays.

What is the Ozone Layer ?

500

 A thin layer of gases that surround the Earth 

What is atmosphere?

500
Tall, dark clouds that mean thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500

Ice that falls during a summer thunderstorm.

What is hail?

500

A border between two air masses with different temperatures 

What is a front ?