Atmosphere and Air Temperature
what the lower atmosphere (or troposphere) is like at any given place and time
What is weather
the changing of a gas into a liquid
What is condensation
air that moves horizontally
What is wind
the average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
What is happening when your cold drink has water droplets on the outside of the glass on a hot day?
Condensation
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
a wind that blows from the sea toward the land
What is sea breeze
a boundary between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
the water that is in the air
What is water vapor
a type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What are stratus clouds
a wind that blows from land toward the water
What is land breeze
Four
the changing of a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation
these clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
What is a tornado?
Name three forms of solid precipitation
Hail, Sleet, Snow
the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
this type of cloud forms at a very high altitude out of ice crystals and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds
the curving of the path of a moving object caused by Earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis effect
When a warm front of air meets a cold front of air, what can happen?
A storm.