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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
when cold air rushes into an area of low pressure caused by warm air rising

What is wind

100
the average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
200

the average weather in a particular region

What is climate

200
a comparison between how much water vapor is in the air and how much the air could hold-at a given temperature
What is relative humidity
200
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
200
a wind that blows from the sea toward the land
What is sea breeze
200
a boundry between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
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 wind that blows from land toward the water
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 appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
400
the global winds that effect NC weather

What are the prevailing westerlies

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

the atmosphere layer 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
the curving of the path of a moving object caused by Earth's rotation
What is Coriolis effect
500
when warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front