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Water Cycle
Potpourri
Under Pressure
Atmospheric Movement
Weather and Climate
100
The change from water to water vapor
What is evaporation?
100
Mass/Volume
What is density
100
A tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer
100
A large body of air that has the same temperature and level of humidity throughout
What is air mass
100
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
What is climate
200
This happens when you leave a cold drink out on a hot day
What is condensation
200
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
200
This decreases as the altitude increases
What is air pressure
200
When two air masses meet meet, this will form
What is a front
200
The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather
300
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are examples of this
What is precipitation
300
The three types of heat transfer
What are convection, conduction and radiation
300
This type of air is caused by differences in air pressure
What is wind
300
When hot and cold meet and the front does not move, this type of front occurs
What is stationary
300
Two types of storms that form in similar ways
What are thunderstorms and tornados
400
Clouds are formed by this
What is condensation
400
This type of greenhouse gas has the least global warming potential (only 1!)
What is carbon dioxide
400
The weight of the air pressing down on the earth's surface
What is air pressure
400
Cold fronts bring this type of weather
What is stormy
400
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere
500
This causes the water on earth to evaporate and rise
What is the sun's radiation
500
The layer of the atmosphere that stores the ozone layer
What is the stratosphere
500
A collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals
What is a cloud
500
This front forms when a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses
What is occluded
500
The five greenhouse gases
What are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, halocarbons and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)