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The Circle of Life: The Water Cycle
The Cotton Candy In The Sky
Stormy Weather
The Air We Breathe: Our Atmosphere
Good Ol' Fashion Vocabulary
100
True or False: Because of global warming there is more water on earth today than there was when the earth was created.
What is False?
100
The process in which air cools and clouds form
What is condensation?
100
The type of air pressure needed for strong or severe weather.
What is a low pressure system?
100
The two types of air pressure in our atmosphere
What is high pressure and low pressure?
100
Atmospheric conditions at any given time.
What is weather?
200
When water in its liquid form becomes a gas.
What is evaporation?
200
This type of cloud is responsible for severe weather including thunderstorms and tornadoes. They usually form during a low pressure system.
What are cumulus or cumulonimbus clouds?
200
When the sun heats and evaporates large amounts of ocean water it can form this type of storm.
What is a hurricane?
200
The most common gas in our atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
200
Weather patterns of a certain area over time
What is climate?
300
When water condenses and falls to the earth's surface as rain, sleet, hail, rain, or snow.
What is precipitation?
300
These low hanging clouds usually result in cloudy or rainy weather for longer periods of time
What are stratus clouds?
300
The leading end of a front which replaces a warm front causing storm systems.
What is a cold front?
300
Type of air current which warms the surface. Example: sunlight
What is a radiation current?
300
Predicting weather conditions based on other similar conditions as well as historical data.
What is a forecast?
400
When water evaporates from an object such as a plant.
What is transpiration?
400
These clouds are in the highest atmosphere clouds are able to form. They usually signify high pressure systems with sunny skies.
What are cirrus clouds?
400
Where all weather comes from?
What is the sun?
400
The current which pushes warm air up into the atmosphere as cold air heats rapidly. Example: Boiling water
What is convection current?
400
The process in which water changes form on earth.
What is the water cycle (or hydro cycle)?
500
When rain water hits the surface and finds a path to its lowest point like a lake or an ocean.
What is runoff?
500
These clouds condensate at ground level and usually disappear after the warmth of the sun.
What is fog?
500
The current way we measure the intensity of a tornado.
What is the Enhanced Fujita Scale? (Has to include "enhanced" to get the credit.)
500
The current in which the air warms up because the ground is heated. Ex: the hood of a car heats up because the engine is running hot.
What is conduction current?
500
The study of weather
What is meteorology?