It's a cycle!
The repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms
What is the water cycle?
This cloud is made of water and is often described as puffy and bumpy.
What is a cumulus cloud?
This is an extremely thin sheet of air extending from the surface of the Earth to the edge of space.
What is the atmosphere?
This is the atmospheres behavior over a short time.
What is weather?
This is how the climate of a city near the ocean differs from one that was 70 miles inland.
What is air temperatures near water do not change as quickly as air temperatures inland?
This type of precipitation start out as snow but once it hits warm air melts into a liquid.
What is rain?
This cloud is a high level cloud, made of ice crystals and is often described as thin and wispy.
What is a cirrus clouds?
This is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This refers to atmospheric behavior that is seasonal or over a long time
What is climate?
The tool a meteorologist use to predict temperatures for the following week or changes in global temperatures over long periods of time.
What is computer models?
This type part of the water cycle is when dew forms or when water forms on the outside of a cool glass of water on a warm day.
What is condensation?
This is a low level cloud often described as flat and layered.
What is a stratus cloud?
This is the weight of the air all around us.
What is air pressure?
It was supposed to snow last Sunday and Monday.
What is weather?
Water on Earth’s surface absorbs energy and evaporates into this gas
What is water vapor?
This type of precipitation forms when an updraft sends this back up into a cloud, gaining additional moisture along the way.
What is hail?
This is a cloud in the sky that was made from a jet or airplane.
What is contrail?
This is the layer of the atmosphere where weather takes place.
What is the troposphere?
The 3 factors that affect climate are _______.
What is altitude, distance from the sea and
proximity to the equator?
This is a tool used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
This is the stage of the water cycle when water loses energy and change states
What is condensation?
This cloud can be seen when thunder, lightning or heavy rain is in your area.
What is a cumulus nimbus cloud?
This is the sphere of the Earth that concerns itself with ice and is usually included in the hydrosphere.
What is the Cryosphere?
It is the hottest in this section of the Earth.
What is the equator?
The pushing force of force of the atmosphere is called
What is barometric pressure?