Key concepts
When energy transfers from (ex. warm air to cold air) until they reach the same temperature
What is equilibrium?
The ability to make things move or change
What is energy?
conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place
What is weather?
The measure of how hot or cold something is
What is temperature?
Strong winds, high temperatures, and high surface water
What are three factors that cause more rainfall?
Liquid water droplets suspended in the air
What is a cloud?
The movement of air in a particular direction
What is wind?
An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature
What is a thermometer?
When water evaporates into water vapor, then condenses to liquid water
How do clouds form?
An amount of air that moves as a unit
What is an air parcel?
What is meteorology?
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the ground
What is precipitation?
Warm at the surface, and coldest at the highest point
How is it in the troposphere?
The force on a surface caused by the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth
What is air pressure?
What is humidity?
A scientific instrument that is used to measure air pressure in a certain environment
What is a barometer?
When an air parcels rises, losing more energy and cooling
How can more rainfall happen from the troposphere?
The process by which a gas changes into a liquid
What is condensation?
The process by which a liquid changes into a gas
What is evaporation?
An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas
What is an anemometer?