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The Water Cycle
The Atmosphere
Winds
Fronts
Air Masses
100
Rain, Sleet, Snow, and Hail
What is precipitation?
100
Weather takes place in this level of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
100
The movement of air from high pressure to low pressure caused by uneven heating.
What is wind?
100
This front is formed when cold air pushes into warm air.
What is a cold front?
100
This air mass forms over water near the equator.
What is maritime tropical?
200
Water collects together as droplets on dust and salt particles in the air.
What is condensation?
200
The Northern Lights ( Aurora Borealis) are found here.
What is the ionosphere?
200
These global winds affect the movement of weather in the United States.
What is the (prevailing) westerlies?
200
This front is formed when warm air glides over cold air.
What is a warm front?
200
This air mass forms over Canada.
What is continental polar?
300
Water changes from a liquid to a gas and rises into the atmosphere.
What is evaporation?
300
This atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
300
Local wind caused by land warming faster than water during the day.
What is a sea breeze?
300
This front may cause days of rain followed by warmer air.
What is a warm front?
300
All air masses have these characteristics.
What is uniform temperature and humidity?
400
These two processes are responsible for cloud formation.
What is evaporation and condensation?
400
Meteors are usually destroyed in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
400
The term that describes a circulation of air caused by uneven heating
What is a convection current?
400
This front can cause short, violent storms followed by cooler temperatures.
What is a cold front?
400
Air flows into the center of this pressure area and rises.
What is a low pressure area?
500
The process by which animals release water and carbon dioxide into the air.
What is respiration?
500
This layer has the greatest air pressure.
What is the troposphere?
500
These factors contribute to the uneven heating of earth's surface.
What is the earth's shape and the earth's tilt?
500
The boundary between two air masses neither of which is moving.
What is a stationary front?
500
Air sinks and flows out of this pressure area.
What is a high pressure system?