Water Cycle
When clouds get heavy enough, they start to produce this.
Precipitation
This word describes a warm air mass.
Tropical
This front is shown as a line of red half circles on a weather map.
Warm Front
This pressure system brings "lousy" weather, like storms.
Low Pressure System
Provide one example of severe weather.
Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Blizzards, Thunderstorms, Derechos, etc.
The sun heats water on the Earth, causing it to do this.
Evaporate
This word describes a dry air mass.
Continental
This front develops when two air masses are equal in strength and cannot move each other.
Stationary Front
This pressure system forms along the boundary of a cold and warm front.
High Pressure System
Occluded fronts often bring strong, spinning storms called what?
Mid-Latitude Cyclones
Clouds form through a process called...
The name of an air mass that would form over mainland Mexico.
Continental Tropical
This front develops when a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses.
Occluded Front
This pressure system forms when dry air sinks down towards the surface.
High Pressure System
These are produced when air masses collide.
Fronts
Plants release water vapor through their leaves in this process.
Transpiration
The name of an air mass that would form over the coast of Alaska.
Maritime Polar
This front develops when a warm air mass gradually rises above a cold air mass.
Warm Front
This pressure system forms when moist air rises higher into the atmosphere.
Low Pressure System
What is the job title of a person who studies the atmosphere and weather?
Meteorologist
The process of surface water soaking into the ground.
Infiltration
What 2 characteristics determine the name of an air mass?
Temperature & Moisture (humidity)
This front develops when a cold air mass rapidly pushes a warm air mass up.
Cold Front
We can tell if a hurricane is gaining strength because its pressure will be doing what? (increasing or decreasing)
Decreasing
Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in?