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Atmosphere and Air Temperature
Water Vapor and Humidity
Clouds and Precipitation
Air Pressure and Wind
Air Masses, Fronts and Climates
100
what happens in the troposphere?
What is weather
100
What comes after evaporation in the water cycle?
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 weight that is pushing down on the Earth
What is air pressure
200
movement of water in the environment
What is water cycle
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
In the water cycle, this is happens because of precipitation
What is Run off or ground water
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
In the water cycle this happens as water ________ into the air
What is evaporates
400
these clouds are puffy and appear to rise up from a flat bottom
What are cumulus clouds
400
a line on a map connecting places with equal air pressure
What is isobar
400
when cold air moves in under a warm air mass
What is a cold front
500
the 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