Water Cycle Clouds Weather Vocabulary 100 100 100
Water Cycle Clouds Weather Vocabulary 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500 Air Masses Weather Fronts
Nature’s way of recycling water
What is the water cycle?
The process of water changing into an invisible gas called water vapor
What is evaporation?
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
Lines drawn to show air pressure in an area.
What are isobars?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fairweather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way
What are cirrus clouds?
Mid-level clouds that are puffy.
What are altocumulus clouds?
Dark clouds that usually produce light to heavy, continuous rain but no thunderstorms.
What are nimbostratus clouds?
A device which measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Rain, sleet, snow and hail.
What are the four types of precipitation?
Instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
The air mass that forms over cold regions.
What is a polar air mass?
The warm type of air mass.
What is a tropical air mass?
The type of air mass which forms over water.
What is a maritime air mass?
The type of air mass that forms over land.
What is a continental air mass?
A description for an air mass with the symbol c. T.
What is a dry warm air mass?
A front which occurs when warm air moves over cold air and replaces it.
What is a warm front?
The type of weather an occluded front usually brings.
What is lots of precipitation?
A front that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between cold ones.
What is an occluded front?
The direction that weather fronts usually move in the U. S.
What is west to east?
What it usually means if a front is moving toward an area.
What is the weather is changing?
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