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Clouds
Fronts and water vapors
Air mass
Droughts and liquids
Weather
100
A high level cloud
What is cirrostratus
100
The front that forms when a warm air mass moves into a region occupied by a cold air mass
What is warm front
100
Type of air mass that brings very cold and dry weather
What is Arctic
100
Type of drought occurs when precipitation cannot supply enough moisture to the ground to support an areas crop
What is agricultural drought
200
Mid level cloud
What is nimbostratus
200
The front forms a Y shape
What is occluded front
200
Type of air mass that brings cool, wet weather
What is maritime polar
200
Type of drought that is based on a waters shortage effect on people
What is socioeconomic drought
200
Year round atmospheric conditions typical of a certain place
What is climate
300
Cloud that forms a flat, gray layer of heavy clouds not far above the ground
What is stratus
300
Water vapor in the air that touches the cooler ground and turns to a liquid
What is dew
300
Phenomenon that occurs when an air mass remains stationary oer s region for a long time
What is air mass weather
300
A substance going from a solid to a liquid
What is melting
300
Rain that freezes before it his the ground
What is sleet
400
An almond shaped ( lens shaped) cloud
What is lenticular cloud
400
Water vapor in the air that touches the ground and turns into ice
What is frost
400
Type of air mass that brings warm moist weather
What is maritime tropical
400
The movement t of water from the earths surface into the air and ack to the surface is called
What is the water cycle
400
Snowflakes with white, feathery branches forming a leaf or star shaped pattern
What is dendrites
500
Air that is completely full of water vapor and can hold no more is considered
What is saturated
500
List 3 factors that affect the density of an air mass
What is temperature, humidity, pressure
500
Airborne water vapor can not turning to liquid without a small particle called
What is condensation nucleus
500
Three major factors that determines weather
What is uneven distribution of heat energy, water vapor, heat energy