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water cycle
clouds
air masses and fronts
atmosphere
air pollution
100
what is the water cycle
a continuing movement of water from, sources on earth
100
what is a cloud
a collection of million of tiny water dropletsor ice crystals
100
what is air mass
a large body of air where temperature and moisture content are simular
100
what is the atmosphere
a mixture of gases that surrounds the earth
100
what is air pollution
the contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of polluants from human and natural resources
200
what is precipation
a form of rain sleet snow etc
200
what cloud creates thunderstorms
cumulonimbus cloud
200
what are the 2 types of air masses
cold and warm
200
what is air pressure
a measure of the force with ehich air molecules push on a surface
200
what are primary polluants
polluants that are directly put into air by human or natural activity
300
what is condensation
a process by which a gas,such as water vapor,becomes a liquid
300
what is a nimbostratus cloud produce
light to heavy,continuous rain
300
what a front
the area in which two types of air masses meet
300
what is the thermosphere
the uppermost atmospheric layer
300
whatis acid precipatation
rain sleet or snow that contains a high concentration of acids
400
what is a dew point
is the temperature at which a gas condenses into a liquid
400
what does alto mean
it means the middle altitude
400
what is a stationary front
a stationary front forms when cold air mass meets a warm air nass
400
is the mesophere the warmest or coldest
coldest
400
what are nonpoint source pollutants
pollutants that come from many diffrent sources
500
name the order of the water cycle
evaporation,condenstation,precipation,runoff
500
name all the clouds
cirrostratus,cumulonimbus,nimbostratus,stratocumulus, cumulus,cirrus,cirrrocumulus,altostratus,altocumulus, stratus
500
name all the fronts
cold,warm,occluded,stationary
500
name all the levels of the atmosphere
thermosphere,mesosphere,stratosphere,troposphere, ozone layer,stratus
500
what is acid precipatatoin
rain sleet or snow that contains acid