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Atmosphere and Tools
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Percipitation
Air Pressure and Wind
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
100
Conditions a low pressure system brings.

What is lousy.

100

Water leaving a plant into the atmopshere.

What is transpiration.

100
a cloud at ground level
What is fog
100
Direction air/winds move.

What is west to east.

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

When water vapor loses heat energy.

What is condensation.

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

Why are do winds change from day to night?

Because of temperatures changes.

400

when cold air moves in under a warm air mass and you get heavy rain.

What is a cold front

500

Barometer movement during a high pressure system.

What is rises/increases. 

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

Global wind pattern that affects Carolina Beach, NC.

What is Prevailing Westerlies.

500

when warm air moves in over a cold air mass and you get a light drizzle.

What is a warm front