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Clouds
Wind
Weather
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Water Cycle
100
Layered, smooth looking clouds are called what?
Stratus
100
Air moving in a specific direction is called what?
Wind
100
Weather refers to the conditions of the atmosphere at a specific time and _______
Place
100
Heated air is more or less dense than cooler air?
Less Dense
100
The rock at Earth’s surface that forms a nearly continuous shell around Earth is known as:
Lithosphere
200
Puffy, white looking clouds are referred to as what?
Cumulus
200
What happens to warm, expanding air?
It rises
200
All energy on Earth comes from?
The sun
200
What happens to cooler, denser air?
It sinks
200
ALL of the water on the Earth is called what?
Hydrosphere
300
Thin, feathery clouds high in the sky are called what?
Cirrus
300
Wind always moves from areas of _______pressure to areas of ________pressure.
High Low
300
The _____________ of Earth's surface causes weather.
Uneven heating
300
Air moving from the ocean to the beach is called what?
Sea Breeze
300
The state change from liquid to gas is called:
Evaporation
400
Fog is an example of what type of cloud?
Stratus
400
When in a day does a land breeze occur?
At night
400
Weather is contained in what layer of the atmosphere?
Troposphere
400
This transfer of thermal energy by the movement of molecules from one part of a material to another is called what?
Convection
400
Clouds are formed through which process in the water cycle?
Condensation
500
Which of the 3 types of clouds are made up of ice crystals?
Cirrus
500
Moving air and water appears to turn to the right north of the equator and to the left south of the equator due to what effect?
Coriolis Effect
500
A high pressure region occurs over the _________ during a land breeze.
Land
500
What causes the Coriolis Effect?
Rotation of Earth
500
What are the 4 types of precipitation?
Rain Snow Sleet Hail