Water Cycle
What is it called when water vapor turns into a liquid?
condensation.
What is the cloud name for the cloud that is at a high level, they are also made of ice crystals. It also shows a sign of fair weather, but it also shows some rain might be coming?
Cirrus cloud.
What is it called when heat is transferred through the movement of a liquid?
Convection.
What is it called when there is a lack of water in a certain area?
A drought.
What type of wind is caused by unequal heating on Earth's surface within a small area?
Local winds.
What is it called when a liquid turns into water vapor?
evaporation.
What is the name of the cloud that is a fair weather cloud, which also has a light and fluffy appearance?
Cumulus cloud.
What is it called when there is a direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance by touch?
Conduction.
What is it called when a storm has large amounts of blowing snow with winds exceeding 35mph and little to no sight in front of you?
A blizzard.
What type of wind is caused by the movement of air between the equator and the poles?
Global winds.
What occurs when a portion of the atmosphere becomes saturated with water vapor (reaching 100% relative humidity), causing the water to condense and/or fall.
Precipitation
What is the cloud called that is a thick layered cloud that produces overcast skies?
The stratus cloud.
What is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves called?
Radiation.
What is it called when raindrops circulate up and down in a cumulonimbus cloud, freezing on the way up and gaining size with each circumferential?
Hail.
What is it called when there is a seasonal shift in wind direction that can cause wet or dry weather?
Monsoon.
What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?
Humidity.
What is the cloud called that is a tall cloud produced by rising warm air It also might produce hail, thunderstorms, and or tornadoes?
cumulonimbus cloud.
What is it called when the faster the molecules move, the higher the temperature is?
Thermal energy.
What is a violently rotating column of air touching the ground called?
A tornado.
What is the belt around the Earth near the equator where sailing ships sometimes get stuck on windless waters, called?
Doldrums.
What is the temperature at which air, at a constant pressure, becomes saturated with water vapor called?
dew point.
What is the name of the cloud that is caused by upper air winds, which are smooth and circular and sometimes mistaken for a UFO?
Lenticular cloud.
What is it called when there is a phenomenon primarily by the Earth's surface absorbs solar radiation and then radiates it back into the atmosphere?
Troposphere heating
What is it called when there is a rotating low-pressure weather system over water?
A hurricane.
What are the subtropical regions that are known for calm winds and little precipitation called?
Hourse latitudes.