Definitions
Maps and Fronts
The Water Cycle
Layers and Clouds
100
The average kinetic energy of molecules
What is temperature?
100
Where is this?
What is the North America / the continental U.S.?
100
This step forms clouds as water vapor cools off.
What is condensation?
100
As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature will...
What is 'decrease'?
200
The air that surrounds Earth
What is the atmosphere?
200
The weather in the southeast will change this way in the next few days.
What is cool down?
200
This is the power source for the water cycle
What is the sun?
200
Finish the sentence: Due to gravity, air molecules are pulled towards _________________.
What is Earth's surface?
300
A huge body of air with similar conditions
What are air masses?
300
This state is having stormy weather.
What is Wisconsin?
300
Hail is an example of this step.
What is precipitation?
300
These two things about air change as altitude changes.
What are pressure and density?
400
How tightly packed molecules are
What is density?
400
The L and H refer to this.
What are pressure systems?
400
This step explains why puddles dry up
What is evaporation?
400
This device measures air pressure as a way to determine altitude.
What is a barometer?
500
The average weather conditions over a long period of time
What is climate?
500
The warm front is traveling in this direction.
What is north / northeast?
500
These are the four steps of the water cycle.
What are collection, evaporation / transpiration, condensation, and precipitation?
500
These are the six layers of the atmosphere, from lowest to highest.
What are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, and exosphere?