Weather
The higher the ____ of the air, the more moisture it can hold.
What is temperature?
Made of water droplets or ice crystals that have coalesced or sublimated around particle of dust or some other condensation/freezing nucleus.
What makes up clouds?
Wind of any speed will make the air feel cooler.
What effect does wind have on a person's perception of temperature?
measures in percentages
What is a hygrometer?
Water cannot enter the atmosphere by ___
What is condensation?
What is a cumulonimbus?
The two common reference points of the F and C temperature scales.
What is the boiling point and the freezing point?
This cloud never produces rain.
What is a cirrus cloud?
Caused by land absorbing the sun's energy more rapidly than the water does
What are sea breezes?
measures in kts
What is a Anemometer?
weather tool that measures in psi, Pa, and other units
What is a barometer?
Natural, unpolluted rainwater is _____.
What is acidic?
The ___ is the temperature at which relative humidity is 100%.
What is the dew point?
The prefix used when naming mid-altitude clouds
What is alto?
(True/False) The horse latitudes exist only in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is false?
measures in degrees C or F
What is a thermometer?
(True/False) A northeast wind is one that blows toward the northeast.
What is false?
Can be considered a type of low-lying cloud making it difficult to see.
What is fog?
The scientific study of the atmosphere is known as this.
What is meteorology?
(True/False) Nimbus-type clouds often bring rain.
What is true?
The global winds that drive most water in the US are the ___.
Measures in compass degrees
What is a wind vane?
(True/False) Some butterflies have migrated from Canada to Mexico.
What is true?
What is sleet, hail, or snow?
Wind typically blows from areas of ___ pressure to areas of ____ pressure.
What is high and low?
The 3 basic shapes of clouds are flat layers or sheets, called ______, piles called _______, and wispy curls called _______.
What is stratus, cumulus, and cirrus?
Winds tend to curve over great distances because of ______.
What is the Coriolis effect?
measures in mm water
What is a rain gauge?
Raindrops form as large cloud droplets begin to fall and collect other cloud droplets in a process known as ____.
What is coalescence?
This is not a form of precipitation.
What is dew?