Show:
Vocab
Vocab II
Clouds
Weather and Climate
Random
100
A place that has very cold temperatures year round
What is a polar climate
100
Any form of water that falls from clouds
What is precipitation
100
Look like puffy cotton balls
What are cumulus clouds
100
A hot and rainy climate
What is a tropical climate
200
The place where two air masses meet
What is a front
200
The trapping of heat by Earth's atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect
200
Looks like thick, layered blankets
What are stratus clouds
200
The layer of Earth's atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere
200
The two main gases in the air
What are nitrogen and oxygen
300
A large body of air that has about the same temperature, air pressure, and moisture throughout
What is an air mass
300
The change of state from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation
300
Looks like thin, wispy fibers
What are cirrus clouds
300
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
What is climate
300
Describe the greenhouse effect
What is when heat from the sun is trapped near Earth's surface
400
Height above sea level
What is altitude
400
The distance measured north or south of the equator
What is latitude
400
Thin feathery cliuds that form high in the sky
What are cirrus clouds
400
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time
What is weather
400
A barometer measures
What is air pressure
500
The weight of air as it pushes down on Earth's surface
What is air pressure
500
The blanket of air that surrounds Earth
What is the atmosphere
500
Tall clouds that produce thunderstorms
What are cumulonimbus clouds
500
Name four types of precipitation
What is snow, sleet, hail and rain
500
Three factors that affect climate
What is latitude (sunlight), bodies of water, and altitude