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Water Cycle
Humidity/Clouds
Air Masses
Fronts
Weather Maps
100
sun
What is the energy source that powers the cycle?
100
relative humidity
What is the amount of water vapor in the air compared to the total amount of water vapor the air can hold?
100
air mass
What is a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity and air pressure?
100
front
What is where two or more air masses meet and do not mix?
100
circle of weather symbol
What is the amount of cloud coverage?
200
snow, rain, hail
What are types of precipitation?
200
pyschrometer
What is the instrument that measures (relative) humidity?
200
forms over water
What is maritime?
200
causes thunderstorm
What is a cold front?
200
lines of same air pressure
What are isobars?
300
condensation
What is the process that water vapor (gas) becomes water (liquid)
300
dew point
What is the temperature when condensation begins?
300
warm air mass
What is tropical air mass?
300
has 3 air masses
What is an occluded front?
300
"tail" on weather symbol
What is wind speed or direction?
400
evaporation
What is the process that changes water (liquid) to water vapor (gas)
400
2 conditions to form clouds
What is air must cool to dew point and particles must be present?
400
dry and low pressure
What is continental tropical?
400
can bring many days of clouds and precipitation
What is a stationary front?
400
orange or red on a weather map
What is areas of high temperatures?
500
equal
What is the total amount of global precipitation compared to the total amount of evaporation?
500
more water vapor
What is how much water vapor does warm air hold?
500
moves air masses
What is prevailing westerlies and jet streams?
500
high air pressure
What is an anticyclone?
500
triangles and circles on the same side of a line
What is an occluded front?