Air Pressure & Wind
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When water turns to a gas (Hint: steam).
Evaporation
Cirrus, stratus, and cumulus are all types of _________.
A person who studies the atmosphere and predicts coming weather.
Meteorologist
A funnel-shaped storm that moves across land is called a ________.
Tornado
Name one thing that is used to tell the direction of the wind.
Rain, snow, sleet, or any water that falls from a cloud to Earth.
Precipitation
This contains the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
A great sea wave produces by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
Tsunami
Where two air masses meet and stormy weather occurs.
Front
When it is cooler outside, there is (more/less) air pressure.
More
When water as a gas comes together and makes a liquid.
Condensation
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the air we breathe?
Troposphere
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
Name 3 natural disasters.
Hurricane, Wildfire, Tornado, Sandstorm, Flood, Epidemic, Avalanche, Volcano, Tsunami, Drought, Blizzard, Earthquake, and/or Landslide
This tool is used to measure the speed of the wind.
Anemometer
This is the process in which water from the ocean evaporates into the air and falls back to the Earth as rain, snow, or hail. The water then returns to the oceans and the process begins again.
High clouds made up of ice crystals that are thin and wispy. [Choose 1: Stratus, Cirrus, or Cumulus]
Cirrus
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
Weather
A ______ front forms when a cooler air mass replaces the warmer air mass. [Hint: The cooler air pushes the warmer air up.]
This measures air pressure.
Barometer
Explain evaporation.
Low, gray clouds that cover much of the sky and produce light rain or drizzle. [Choose 1: Stratus, Cirrus, or Cumulus]
Stratus
The boundary between two air masses where warmer air replaces the cooler air.
Warm front
Miss Unruh's favorite kind of cloud.
Cumulonimbus