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Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds
Air Pressure and Wind
Precipitation
100

what the atmosphere is like at any given place and time

What is weather

100
the changing of a gas into a liquid
What is condensation
100
a cloud at ground level
What is fog
100

air that moves in the atmpsphere


What is wind

100

any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground

What is precipitation

200

the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it

What is air pressure

200

What do we call the constant and continuous movement of water in different forms

the water cycle

200

these are often referred to as storm clouds

What is nimbus

200

a wind that blows from the sea toward the land

What is sea breeze

200

What are the 4 types of precipitation?

rain, hail, sleet and snow

300

the average weather pattern of a region

What is climate

300
the water that is in the air
What is water vapor
300
a type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What are stratus clouds
300

a wind that blows from land toward the water

What is land breeze

300

What is hail?

ice chunks that fall to the ground

400
this instrument measures air pressure
What is barometer
400
the changing of a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation
400

these clouds are white, puffy and appear when the weather is fair

What are cumulus clouds

400

What do we use to measure wind speed?

what is an anemometer
400

What is sleet?

slushy precipitation that forms when rain passes through a layer causing it to freeze as it falls to earth

500

Hot air ____ and cold air _____

rises, sinks

500
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
500
this type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds
500

Does wind blow away from or towards high pressure. 

Example... wind moves from high to low pressure

away

500

this is when the atmosphere becomes saturated with water

What is rain