Atmosphere and Air Temperature
a cloud at ground level
What is fog
air that moves
What is wind
the average weather pattern of a region
What is climate
Water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the earth
What is precipitation
any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
What is precipitation
are influenced by temperature changes in a small area.
What is local winds
a boundary between air masses with different temperatures
What is a front
water after it evaporates
What is water vapor
a type of cloud that forms in blanketlike layers
What are stratus clouds
move in large circular belts around the earth.
What is global winds
a large region of the atmosphere where the air has similar properties throughout
What is air mass
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
Wind speed is measured by an
What is an anemometer
when cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
Water vapor in the atmosphere
What is humidity
this type of cloud forms at a very high altitude and have a wispy, featherlike shape
What are cirrus clouds
the winds that Christoper Columbus used to sail to America
What are the trade winds
when warm air moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front