Clouds
What clouds are made of
Water and dust particles
Chemical element/gas the atmosphere is primarily made of
Nitrogen
The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it
Triangle
Process that is part of the water cycle in which water in lakes and rivers changes to water vapor
Evaporation
You can tell the temperature by counting the ___ of a cricket
A type of cloud
Cumulous, Nimbus, stratus and/or cirrus
Meteorologist
A curved blue line with semi cirlcles on it is the symbol for
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
Natural phenomenon that often occurs after a volcanic eruption
Lightning
In the stratosphere, there is a layer of gas called the ozone. Name the function of the ozone layer
It blocks ultraviolet rays from the sun
True or false: When air is warmed by the ground the warm air becomes less dense and is pushed upward.
True
Scientific name of the Water Cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
Cats and dogs have been known to sense when this natural disaster is coming
Tornado
When air near the ground is cooled to its dew point, it forms a stratus cloud called
Fog
Layer of the atmosphere that experiences the highest temperature
Thermosphere
Number of billions of years our water cycle has existed
4
US state with the most earthquakes, with thousands occurring every year
Alaska
the meaning of the prefix "nimbo"
Precipitation
The layer in our atmosphere where weather occurs
Troposphere
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
Process by which plants and trees lose water to the atmosphere through their leaves
Transpiration
The historic 1980 eruption of this live volcano in Washington State triggered the largest recorded landslide in U.S. history, moving 2.9 cubic kilometers of material
Mount St. Helens