Water in the Atmosphere
This is the continual movement of water among Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
What is the Water Cycle?
This is the temperature at which condensation begins.
What is dew point?
This is a large body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
What is an air mass?
This is when we move away temporarily from an area about to be affected by severe weather.
What is evacuate?
This is a scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it.
What is a meteorologist?
This is the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.
What is evaporation?
This is any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
These are bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth’s surface. They flow from west to east.
What is a jet stream?
This is a tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher. It generates off the west coast of Africa as a tropical wave.
What is a hurricane?
This is a line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure.
What is an isobar?
This is the change in state from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
This is an instrument used to measure precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
These two characteristics are used to classify air masses.
What is temperature and humidity?
This is a “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast when a hurricane lands.
What is storm surge?
This is a line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature.
What is an isotherm?
This is the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a particular temperature.
What is relative humidity?
This is when water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid water or ice crystals.
What is cloud formation?
This type of weather occurs as a warm front moves through an area.
What are clouds or many days of light precipitation?
This is the role of the oceans in the formation of weather systems. They provide this specifically.
What is energy?
These three technological tools are what meteorologists use to make weather forecasts.
What are computers, maps and charts?
This is the actual amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
This is one of the three ways to help reduce the dangers of floods.
What is levees, dams or sandbags?
Air moves in a cyclone or hurricane in the Northern Hemisphere in this direction.
What is counter clockwise?
Based on safety steps, which list correctly identifies the four storms from least to most dangerous. You must list ALL FOUR IN ORDER FROM LEAST TO GREATEST.
What is winter storm, thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane?
Meteorologists look at on a weather map to predict local weather by looking for some of these symbols.