Water in the Atmosphere
The process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor.
What is evaporation
The most common type of precipitation.
What is rain?
The waves that transfer electric and magnetic energy through the vacuum of space.
What are electromagnetic waves?
The instrument used to measure wind.
What is an anemometer?
The water vapor in the air turning into liquid water.
What is condensation?
The percentage of water vapor in the air, compared to the total amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a particular temperature.
What is relative humidity?
10 centimeters of snow equals this amount of rainfall.
What is 1 centimeter?
The process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by gases that form a “blanket” around Earth.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The winds that blow over short distances.
What are local winds?
The wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels.
What are cirrus?
The fluffy, white clouds, usually with flat bottoms that look like piles of cotton.
What is cumulus?
Rain that freezes in the air.
What is sleet?
The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
The flow of cooler air from over an ocean or lake toward land.
What is the sea breeze?
The measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
Clouds form when this air rises.
What is warm air?
Hail only forms in this type of cloud.
What is cumulus?
Infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation are considered this type of light.
What is non-visible light?
The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
What is wind?
The flow of air from land to a body of water.
What is a land breeze?
The season it is most humid in.
What is the summer?
The process scientists use in creating rain clouds.
What is cloud seeding?
The percentage of sunlight absorbed by Earth's surface.
What is 50%?
The Earth’s rotation that makes winds curve.
What is the Coriolis effect?
Mt. Waialeale in Hawaii averages this much rainfall per year.
What is 12 meters?