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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
The state of the atmosphere at a 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 (stratus cloud)
100
air that moves horizontally
What is wind
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
a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.
what is humidity level
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 body of air that 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
a line on a map connecting places with equal temperatures (white lines on that map)
What is isotherm
400
This front moves in under a warm front and brings heavy rain and storms
What is a cold front
500
the layer closest to Earth's surface
What is troposphere
500
This heats water and causes it to evaporate.
What is the sun.
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
this front moves in behind a cold front and brings steady light rain.
What is a warm front