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Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Percipitation
Air Pressure and Wind
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
100
what the lower atmosphere (or troposphere) 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 horizontally
What is wind
100
the average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
200
the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
What is air pressure
200

A Hygrometer measures what?

Water vapor in the air. 

200
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
200

What type of breeze happens during the day at the coast?

What is sea breeze

200
a boundry between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
300

the layer of gases 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

What type of breeze happens at night at the beach?

What is land breeze

300
a large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout
What is air mass
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 indicate fair weather

What are cumulus clouds

400

What type of weather does a high-pressure system bring?

What is good weather. (Happy weather)

400
when cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
500

the layer in the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface

What is troposphere

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

What causes wind?

The uneven heating of the earth

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