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Clouds
Water Cycle
Air
Storms
Miscellaneous
100
Nearly all weather occurs in this layer of the ATOMSPHERE.
What is Troposphere?
100
Water that is HEATED by the sun and CHANGES it from a LIQUID to a GAS.
What is Water Vapor?
100
TWO air masses that meet to form a BOUNDARY.
What is a Front?
100
A WEATHER CONDITION that may result if there is a large DIFFERENCE in air mass TEMPERATURE.
What is a Storm?
100
The AMOUNT of water vapor in the air.
What is Humidity?
200
____ ____ are thick, white, and fluffy. They mean fair weather.
What are Cumulus Clouds?
200
The MOVEMENT of water between the GROUND and the ATOMOSPHERE.
What is the Water Cycle?
200
A HUGE body of air that STAYS TOGETHER as it moves.
What is an Air Mass?
200
A VIOLENT but small storm that starts over LAND.
What is a Tornado?
200
The MOVEMENT of AIR from a high pressure area to a low pressure area causes this.
What is Wind?
300
____ ____ are HIGH in the sky, are white and FEATHERY and are made of ICE CRYSTALS.
What are Cirrus Clouds?
300
The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas and GOING INTO THE AIR.
What is Evaporation?
300
Falling COLD air forms a HIGH-PRESSURE area.
What is a High?
300
Caused by ELECTRIC charges in a cloud.
What is Lightning?
300
An INSTRUMENT that measures AIR PRESSURE.
What is a Barometer?
400
___ ___ are a layer of GRAY clouds that COVER MOST of the sky. They mean rain or snow is coming.
What are Stratus Clouds?
400
Water the FALLS TO EARTH in the form of rain, snow or sleet.
What is Precipitation?
400
The push or FORCE of air on the Earth.
What is Air Pressure?
400
A very LARGE storm that forms over the OCEAN near the Equator.
What is a Hurricane?
400
HOW Temperature is measured.
What are Degrees?
500
___ ___ are DARK, HEAVY clouds that will produce a THUNDERSTORM.
What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?
500
Water Vapor COOLS in the atmosphere and CHANGES BACK INTO A LIQUID.
What is Condensation?
500
RISING air forms a LOW-pressure area.
What is a Low?
500
The LOUD noise made by quickly expanding air.
What is Thunder?
500
An INSTRUMENT that measures the WARMTH or COLDNESS of the air.
What is a Thermometer?