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Atmosphere
Water Cycle
Clouds
Weather Instruments
Fronts/Severe Weather
100
The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
100
the process of changing a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
100
The three main types of clouds
What are stratus, cirrus, and cumulus?
100
measures wind direction
What is a wind vane?
100
boundary where two air masses meet
What is a front?
200
The layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth; where weather happens
What is the troposphere?
200
Water flowing down the surface of the land
What is run off?
200
low level, layered clouds that bring rain or drizzle
What are stratus clouds?
200
measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
Most common severe storm
What is a thunderstorm?
300
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
The four types of precipitation
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail
300
A prefix meaning rain or snow
What is Nimbo-
300
measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
300
the most powerful storm
What is a tornado?
400
the amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount it can hold
What is relative humidity?
400
the process in which plants lose water through their leaves?
What is transpiration?
400
a sky covered with clouds
What is overcast?
400
measures humidity
What is a hygrometer?
400
the direction weather travels in the US
What is west to east?
500
happens to air pressure as altitude increases
What is it decreases?
500
water that sinks through the aquifer and flows underground
What is groundwater?
500
A stratus cloud found close to the ground
What is fog?
500
measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
the direction a hurricane spins
What is counterclockwise?