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What causes weather?
Temperature and Pressure
Wind and Humidity
Clouds and Precipitation
Miscellaneous Vocabulary
100

All weather can be traced to the effect of the Sun's energy on this....

What is the atmosphere & ocean currents?

100

Taller cumulus clouds begin to form called cumulonimbus clouds, what type of weather can you expect to see? 

What are thunderstorms?
100
Water changing to gas is called....
What is evaporation?
100
A puffy cloud.
What is a cumulus cloud?
200
Between warm air and cold air, I am the one that is lighter.
What is warm air?
200

What type of weather will be present during a stationary front? 

What is rain for a longer period of time?

200
Any form of water falling from the sky.
What is precipitation?
200

What can carry hurricanes UP the east coast of the United States from the Gulf of Mexico? 

What is the gulf stream?

300
When water is in the form of a gas, it is known as....
What is water vapor?
300

Winds that carry weather to North Carolina are called? 

What are prevailing westerlies? 

300
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
300
When water vapor rises into the atmosphere, it cools. The water vapor then changes back into tiny water drops. This process is called
What is condensation?
300
A scientist who studies the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
400
Warm, moist air rises through the atmosphere and then cools. When it cools, this forms.
What is a cloud?
400

What is the likely result of sinking barometric pressure? 

What is rainy and windy weather? 
400
What type of winds are felt at the beach during the day? 

What is a sea breeze? 

400
Water on Earth moves in a ____________ that never stops.
What is a cycle?
400
A low, layered cloud.
What is a stratus cloud?
500
The name for the ocean of air that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
500
The instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
500

A breeze at the beach during the day is caused by? 

What is warmer air over the land rising and cooler air over the ocean rushing in to takes its place? 

Wind always moves from High to Low pressure 

500
Water can have three forms....
What is liquid, soild, or gas?
500
The state of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
What is weather?