Atmosphere
The thin blanket of gases that surround earth
the atmosphere
This measures wind speed.
Anemometer.
This is any type of solid or liquid water that falls from the air.
Precipitation.
This forms from condensed water vapor or ice crystals.
Clouds
Funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that reaches the ground.
Tornado.
The instrument used to measure air pressure.
A barometer
This large body of air has the same temperature and moisture.
Air mass.
Water vapor in the air is called......
Humidity.
Flat looking clouds, lowest in the sky.
Stratus clouds
Large, warm air mass quickly rises above a cold air mass and makes this.
Thunderstorm.
The weight of air
The time a sea breeze occurs. The time a land breeze occurs.
Dew and frost are not types of.......
Precipitation.
Puffy looking clouds.
Cumulus clouds
Temperature that lighting can reach.
30,000 degrees C
Air is a mixture of these 3 main gasses.
Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
East towards the equator.
This type of precipitation freezes at it hits earth.
Freezing rain.
Cirrus clouds usually found here.
In the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific Ocean, a storm with spiraling winds that form over the ocean is called a .........
Hurricane
Where is the pressure on the earth the greatest and why?
Sea level. Because gravity is pulling the air towards the earth.
Describe a cold front.
Hail falls during this type of weather.
Warm
or
Thunderstorms
This type of cloud is a thick mass of rain clouds that seem to cover the sky.
Nimbostratus clouds.
Hurricanes in the western Pacific Ocean are called this.
Typhoons.