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Air Mass
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100
This happens when water vapor cools in clouds and changes from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
100
Air mass that forms over Northern Canada.
What is continental polar air mass? (cP)
100
Cold air moves under warm air
What is cold front?
100
an electric discharge that takes place between two oppositely charged surfaces.
What is lightning?
100
The layer of the atmosphere in which we live.
What is the troposphere?
200
This is rain, sleet, snow, hail
What are types of precipitation?
200
Air mass that forms over the warm areas of the Pacific Ocean.
What is maritime tropical air mass (mT)?
200
Warm air moves over cold air
What is warm front?
200
a rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds.
What is tornado?
200
Form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results
What is the Scientific Method?
300
The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can hold.
What is relative humidity?
300
Air mass that forms over the deserts of northern Mexico and the SW United States.
What is continental Tropical (cT) air mass?
300
Warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses.
What is occluded front?
300
A brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning, and thunder
What is thunderstorm?
300
The coldest layer of the atmosphere?
What is the mesophere?
400
These types of clouds are puffy, white clouds that have flat bottoms.
What are cumulus clouds?
400
The area over which an air mass forms
What are source regions?
400
Cold air mass meets warm air mass and two air masses remain separated.
What is stationary front?
400
Sound caused by rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike.
What is thunder?
400
Gradual increase in average global temperature
What is global warming?
500
The continuous movement of water from sources on Earth's surface into the air, onto and over land, into the ground, and back to the surface.
What is the water cycle?
500
The second letter of the characteristics of air mass.
What is the temperature?
500
Drizzly rain followed by clear and warm weather
What is warm front?
500
Severe storm that develops over tropical oceans
What is hurricane?
500
Pollutants that are put directly into the air by human or natural activities.
What are primary pollutants?