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Clouds
Wind
Water Cycle
Fronts
Misc.
100
A visible collection of tiny water dropletsor ice crystals floating in the air above surface
What is a cloud?
100
horizontally moving air
What is wind?
100
changing from a liquid to water vapor, or gas
What is evaporation?
100
A boundary between two air masses, resulting in stormy weather
What is a front?
100
The weight of air pressing down on the Earth.
What is air pressure?
200
Low level, blanket-like clouds that result in overcast and sometimes precipitation
What is a stratus cloud?
200
Winds that blow from west to east, towards the poles
What is prevailing westerlies?
200
Changing from water vapor to a liquid
What is condensation?
200
A boundary between two air masses (one cold and one warm) moving so that the colder air replaces the warmer air.
What is cold front?
200
The measure of how tightly packed the matter in an obbject is.
What is density?
300
Middle-level, white and puffy clouds that result in fair weather.
What is a cumulus cloud?
300
Winds that move from east to west, away from the poles
What is prevailing easterlies?
300
A form of water that falls from a cloud to the earth
What is precipitation?
300
A boundary between two air masses (one cold and one warm) moving so that the warmer air replaces the colder air
What is a warm front?
300
A whirling mass of cool, dry air that sinks and brings fair weather and sunny skies.
What is high air pressure?
400
High level clouds that look thin and "whispy", like feathers.
What is a cirrus cloud?
400
A strong, river of air found in the troposphere
What is a jet stream?
400
Excess water that the ground cannot absorb
What is runoff?
400
A boundary between two air masses that doesn't really move
What is stationary front?
400
A whirling mass of warm, moist air that is lighter and less dense. It usually brings storms or unstable weather.
What is low pressure system?
500
Tall cumulous clouds that result in heavy precipitation, especially thunderstorms.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
500
A convection current where air flows from sea to land during the daytime
What is a sea breeze?
500
Plants give off water through stomata in leaves or water evaporation in plants
What is transpiration?
500
A combination of two fronts that form when a cold front overtakes a warm front
What is occluded front?
500
The unusual warming of surface waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that causes changes in the wind pattern.
What is El Nino?