Clouds
True or False: As altitude increases, air temperature stays the same.
False, As altitude increases, air temperature drops or decreases.
The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it
What is triangle
As part of the water cycle, water in lakes and rivers changes to water vapor through what process?
What is evaporation
Warm air mass that is caught between two cold air masses.
What is an occluded front?
Droplets in clouds keep joining and growing. When they become too heavy, clouds can no longer hold them.
What is accumulation?
Hold more moisture than cool air
What is warm air?
A curved Red line with semi cirlcles on it is the symbol for a ?
What is warm front
when the water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing
What is a precipitation
What weather condition will occur if a low pressure tropical storm forms over water?
What is hurricanes
Plants release vapor into the air.
What is transpiration?
Causes precipitation to fall in the water cycle
What is gravity?
True or false: When air is warmed by the ground the warm air becomes less dense and is pushed upward.
What is true
True or false, underground water reserves are an example of surface water runoff?
What is false
If the temperature was above 80 F and there was 90% humidity would you feel hot and sticky or hot and dry?
What is hot and sticky
when air near the ground is cooled to its dew point, it forms a stratus cloud called?
What is FOG
Happens when moisture condenses in the air and becomes too heavy.
What is precipitation?
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it
What is a rain gauge
What is the scale used to measure the strength of hurricanes?
Sariff-Simpson Scale
Clouds are formed when water from the Earth evaporates and condenses in a continual process.
What is the water cycle?
a warm air mass and a cold air mass push toward each other but neither move in this type of front
What is a stationary front
As part of the water cycle, heat energy is created by what source?
What is the sun?
What direction is the wind rotating out of a high pressure system in the northern hemisphere?
What is clockwise?