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The Atmosphere
The Water Cycle
Clouds
Precipitation
Humidity/Temperature
100
layer closest to Earth
What is the troposphere?
100
the first step in the water cycle
What is the sun?
100
name the 3 types of clouds
What is stratus, cirrus, and cumulus?
100
rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What are forms of precipitation?
100
the amount of water vapor in the air is called
What is humidity?
200
is the condition of air around us
What is weather
200
the water cycle is shaped like a
What is circle?
200
are white and feathery
What is a cirrus cloud?
200
have six sides
What is a snowflake?
200
usually have low humidity because there is little water to evaporate into the air.
What is a desert?
300
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
What are the four layers of the atmosphere?
300
is the movement of water between the ground and the atmosphere
What is the water cycle?
300
layers of gray clouds that cover most of the sky.
What is a stratus cloud?
300
may fall during a thunderstorm in the spring or summer
What is hail?
300
holds more water vapor than cold air
What is warm air?
400
air pressure, moisture, temperature, and wind
What are the four factors of weather?
400
evaporation
What is the process of water vapor that goes into the air?
400
usually means that rain or snow is coming within a day
What is a cirrus cloud?
400
forms when there is a large amount of water vapor in the air.
What is dew?
400
is the measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is temperature?
500
this layer of the atmosphere is the only layer that contains enough air for living things to breathe
What is troposphere?
500
are formed when thousands of drops are so close together that you cannot see through them.
What is a cloud?
500
produces a summer thunderstorm
What is cumulonimbus?
500
if the ground is cold, the dew freezes and forms
What is dew?
500
32 degrees
What is the temperature that water freezes?