Water Cycle
When the sun heats the water and turns it from a liquid to a gas (water vapor)
What is EVAPORATION?
The cause of wind
What is the UNEVEN HEATING of the Earth and the ROTATION of the Earth?
Air always moves from _______________ pressure to ___________ pressure.
What is HIGH pressure to LOW pressure?
The type of weather that occurs at all fronts
What is CLOUDS and PRECIPITATION?
The weather of a specific location OVER TIME.
What is CLIMATE?
When water vapor cools, turns back into liquid water and forms clouds.
What is CONDENSATION?
The narrow belt of strong winds that help carry weather from west to east across the United States
What is the JET STREAM?
What property of air is shown when a balloon with air has more mass than the balloon without air when measured on a triple beam balance?
What is AIR HAS MASS?
A large body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area it forms over
What is an AIR MASS?
The layer of the atmosphere that contains the Ozone Layer,
What is the STRATOSPHERE?
The source of energy that keeps the water cycle going
What is the SUN?
Not all areas receive the same amount of sun because the Earth is ____________.
What is CURVED?
The type of pressure on a cloudy day
What is LOW PRESSURE?
The type of air pressure that comes with all fronts
What is LOW air pressure?
Water that flows back into lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water in the Water Cycle
What is RUNOFF?
When the cloud becomes to full and water falls from the sky in different forms
What is PRECIPITATION?
The global winds responsible for the movement of weather across the United States
What are the PREVAILING WESTERLIES?
You can't completely crush a water bottle with a cap on it because of what property of air?
What is AIR TAKES UP SPACE?
The characteristics of an air mass that forms in the Gulf of Mexico (water).
What is a WARM/MOIST air mass?
The circulation of warm and cold air to heat the atmosphere.
What is CONVECTION?
When water evaporates from plants.
What is TRANSPIRATION?
Sea and land breezes are caused by ______________.
What is the LAND heats and cools more QUICKLY than water?
The type of pressure on a sunny, dry day (happy weather).
What is HIGH PRESSURE?
The type of front that brings heavy precipitation and storms
What is a COLD FRONT?
The layer of the atmosphere that we live in and where all weather occurs
What is the Troposphere?