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The 2 main gases that are in air.
What are oxygen and nitrogen
100
The process that changes a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation.
100
The place where two air masses meet.
What is a front.
100
Large bodies of water, mountains, and latitude are three factors that affect what?
What is climate.
100
Type of precipitation that occurs along a cold front.
What is a thunderstorm.
200
Thin, feathery clouds that are formed high in the sky by ice crystals and usually mean fair weather.
What is a cirrus cloud.
200
The weight of air as it presses down is called this.
What is air pressure.
200
The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
What is weather.
200
High winds and precipitation are two ways to describe this type of severe weather.
What is a hurricane.
200
The type of precipitation occurs along a warm front.
What is steady rain or snow.
300
A tool used to measure the amount of precipitation, usually rain, that falls.
What is a rain gauge.
300
A _____________ climate is a region that has warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters.
What is temperate climate.
300
Name three other types of precipitation other than rain.
What are snow, sleet, and hail(hailstones).
300
High winds, lots of precipition describe hurricanes. What are two other conditions that come with this type of weather?
What flooding and severe wind damage.
400
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs.
What is the troposhpere.
400
The average weather conditions of an area over many years.
What is climate.
400
A tool that is used to measure the amount of air pressure.
What is a barometer.
400
A front that forms as a cold air mass meets a warm air mass. The cold air moves under the warm air, pushing it up. As the warm air rises, clouds form and precipitation occurs. Thunderstorms often happen along this type of front.
What is a cold front.
400
The symbol used to show a cold front, a warm front, and a static or stationary front on a weather map.
What is: a line that is blue with blue triangles for a cold front and a red line with red semi-circles shows a warm front. a line with alternating blue triangles and red semi-circles indicates a stationary front.
500
The layer of gases that surround Earth that keeps the Earth warm.
What is the atmosphere?
500
The distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude.
500
A tool that is used by meterologists that calculates wind speed.
What is a anemometer.
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Steady precipitation occurs along this type of front.
What is a warm front.
500
Patches of white or snowflake symbols and patches of green and rain drop symbols.
What are symbols used to show snow and rain on a weather map.