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Weather and stuff
Clouds
Precipitation
Fronts
Misc.
100
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather
100
A collections small water droplets or small ice crystals suspended in air
What is clouds
100
What is the first part of the water cycle
What is evaporation
100
This forms when air moves under warm air
What is cold fronts
100
Areas that have lower pressure than the surrounding areas are called __________
What is cyclones
200
Weather is to short term as _____ is to long term
What is climate
200
Puffy white clouds that tend to have flat bottoms are called______
What are Cumulus clouds
200
A solid or a liquid that falls to the earth
What is precipitation
200
These form when air moves over cold air
What is warm front
200
The opposite of a cyclone
What is anticyclone
300
Name all five parts of the water cycle in order
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff/collection
300
_____ clouds form layers
What are stratus clouds
300
The most common form of precipitation
What is rain
300
Warm fronts generally bring drizzly rain and are followed by ________
What is warm weather
300
Small intense weather systems are called ________ ________
What is thunder storms
400
This occurs when water vapor coos and changes from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation
400
Thin feathery clouds at high altitudes
What is cirrus clouds
400
This forms when a warm air mass gets caught between two colder air masses
What is occluded front
400
___________ is an electric discharge
What is lightning
500
The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the maximum amount of water vapor in the air can hold at a set temperature is called
What is Humidity
500
These Clouds cover large portions of the sky and black out the sun
What is stratus clouds
500
Lumps of ice that fall from the clouds
What is hail
500
These fronts forms when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass
What is stationary front
500
The scale that measures tornado wind speed
What is the enhanced fugita scale