Name that Cloud!
Puffy, bulgy clouds
Cumulus
What is produced when opposite electrical charges build up in very tall clouds
Lightening
Ice crystals in clouds that became too heavy and fall, melt, and land on earth as liquid water
Rain
100%
The earth's surface spins at over ____ mph
1,000
Layers of flat clouds
Stratus
Type of storm that packs the most destructive power into the smallest space
Tornado
Falling ice crystals melt slightly, stick, and freeze together into snowflakes
Wet snow
Water vapor that condenses to form liquid water on the ground
Dew
Calm region of very low air pressure in the center of a tornado
Eye
Wispy, curly clouds that are high in the atmosphere
Broad, flat top of a cumulonimbus cloud
Anvil top
A small piece of ice is tossed up and down inside a cloud forming several layers of ice until it is too heavy and falls to earth
Hail
Water vapor that condenses and forms frozen water on the ground
Frost
Boundary between two air masses
Front
"Thunderhead" cloud
Cumulonimbus
The sound that comes from rapid expansion of super-heated air
Thunder
Falling ice crystals melt, hit earth as liquid rain, but refreeze as soon as they land
Freezing rain
Amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature
Relative humidity
Thin channel of charged air that lighting bolts can travel in
Step leader
Clouds made up of very small ice crystals
Cirrus
Lightening bolts that stay in the clouds and don't come in contact with the ground
Sheet lightening
Falling ice crystals melt into raindrops, then refreeze and land on earth as tiny pieces of ice
Sleet
Lowest possible temperature at which air is able to hold all of its water vapor
Dew point
A row of thunderheads that builds up in front of advancing cold air
Squall line