Clouds
Misc.
Air
Water Cycle
Wind
Precipitation
100
Type of low-lying cloud making it difficult to see
Fog
100
I am something that can change day to day outside.
Weather
100
This is how much water vapor the air is capable of holding at one time
Relative Humidity
100
When water goes from the gas back to a liquid?
condensation
100
This is caused by a difference in air pressure
Wnd
100
Small iced balls raining down creating damage
Hail
200
This Cloud tells you a thunderstorm is on its way.
Cumulonimbus
200
Draw a cold front that is traveling southeast(don't worry about color)
200
Air pressure decreases as altitude ___________.
Increases
200
What happens after a water droplet moves all the way through the cycle?
The water continues to move through the water cycle-a cycle never ends.
200
Wind speed is measured with this....
Anemometer
200
This can be rain, snow or ice
Precipitation
300
Clouds form when water vapor in the air becomes.........
Liquid or ice
300
This low wind area is named for the sailors throwing something overboard to save on food and water.
Horse Latitudes
300
This type of air pressure is represented on a weather map with a red letter.
Low pressure
300
This forms clouds
Condensation
300
Near the poles, cold air sinks creating an area of
High pressure
300
When electricity builds up in the clouds and then discharges on the ground.
Lightning
400
Puffy clouds found at a medium to low height.
Cumulus
400
The 5 main parts of the water cycle are
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Transpiration
Runoff
400
Hot air __________ Cold air _________
Rises, Sinks
400
Oceans and lakes are this part of the water cycle?
accumulation
400
Near the equator warm air rises creating an area of ?
Low pressure
400
Rain that freezez as it travels down to the surface is called?
Sleet
500
Whispy white clouds at high altitudes
Cirrus
500
A person who studies weather patterns and creates maps to show what the weather will do?
Meteorologist
500
This affects the movement of air as hot air rises and cold air falls.....
Convection
500
These two things (an object and a force) are needed to make the water cycle run? Need both for points
Sun and gravity
500
What causes most differences in air pressure?
Differences in temperature
500
When water moves from the clouds to the ocean ________________ is occurring.
Precipitation