Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Percipitation
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
Past Units
100

The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place. (temperature, sky conditions, air pressure, wind speed and direction)

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

the reasons why the seasons change

What is Earth’s tilt

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

the imaginary line around the center of the Earth (O degrees latitude)

What is equator

200

precipitating cloud. Thick, dark and puffy

What is nimbo- / -nimbus

200
a boundry between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
200

the role of an organism in its community

what is a niche 

300
the air that surrounds the earth
What is atmosphere
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 huge body of air with similar air temperature and humidity throughout.

What is air mass

300

warm areas that receive a great deal of rainfall

what is tropical rainforest

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 puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
400
when cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
400

Received from your biological parents through the DNA/genes of both parents

what is inherited traits

500

The conditions of the atmosphere for a long period of time. (temperature, sky conditions, air pressure, wind speed and direction)

What is climate

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
when warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front
500

anything that takes up space and can be weighed

what is matter