Water Cycle
What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas at the surface of the Earth?
Evaporation
What type of heat transfer occurs when you touch a hot stove?
Conduction
What is the boundary between two air masses of different temperatures and densities?
Front
What is the term for the day-to-day changes in atmospheric conditions?
Weather
What is a large body of air with relatively uniform temperature and humidity?
Air mass
What is the term for the process by which water falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface?
Precipitation
What is the transfer of heat through the movement of fluids, such as air or water?
Convection
What type of weather is associated with a warm front?
Light rain or drizzle
What is the term for the long-term average of weather conditions in a particular area?
Climate
What is the term for tiny liquid water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere?
Clouds
What process occurs when water vapor rises, cools, and forms clouds?
Condensation
What type of heat transfer occurs when you feel warmth from the sun on your skin?
Radiation
What type of weather is associated with a cold front?
Intense rain and thunderstorms
Give an example of a climate zone.
Tropical, subtropical, temperate, or polar
What is the Coriolis Effect?
When objects moving in a straight line appear to curve because you are rotating.
What is the term for the process by which water moves downhill or underground?
Run off
What type of heat transfer occurs when warm air rises and cool air sinks?
Convection
What is the name for the front formed when a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses?
Occluded front
How does the ocean affect the climate of an area nearby?
It makes the temperature more moderate.
What is the mass per volume of a substance that is often used to describe how compact or concentrated a substance is?
Density
What is the name for the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?
Transpiration
What type of heat transfer occurs when the Earth's surface warms the air above it?
Conduction
What is the name for the front formed when a fast-moving cold air mass overtakes a slow-moving warm air mass?
Cold front
Which two factors mostly determine an area's climate?
Average temperature and precipitation
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and dew forms, indicating the point at which condensation occurs.
Dew point