CH 4

Question 0

Evaporation

Answer 0

Is the process by which molecules of liquid water escape into the after becoming water vapor.

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

The movement of water through the Earths systems, powered by the sun’s energy, is Water Cycle

Question 2

Condensation

Answer 2

Is the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water.

Question 3

Humidity

Answer 3

Is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

Question 4

Relative Humidity

Answer 4

Is the percentage of water vapor that is actually in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a particular temperature.

Question 5

Psychrometer

Answer 5

Has two thermometers, a wet-bulb thermometer and a dry-bulb thermometer.

Question 6

Dew point

Answer 6

The temperature at which condensation begins is called the Dew Point

Question 7

Cirrus

Answer 7

Wispy feathery clouds are called Cirrus

Question 8

Cumulus

Answer 8

Clouds that look like cotton are called Cumulus

Question 9

Stratus

Answer 9

Clouds that form in flat layers are known as Stratus

Question 10

Air Mass

Answer 10

Is a huge body of air in the lower atmosphere that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.

Question 11

Tropical

Answer 11

Or warm, air masses form in the tropics and have low air pressure.

Question 12

Polar

Answer 12

Or cold, air masses form north of 50 degrees

Question 13

Continental

Answer 13

Air masses for over land.

Question 14

Maritime

Answer 14

Air masses form over oceans

Question 15

Jet Streams

Answer 15

Are bands of high-speed winds about 10 km above Earths surface.

Question 16

Front

Answer 16

The boundary where the air masses meet becomes a Front.

Question 17

Occluded

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The warm air mass is cut off, warm cools and its water vapor condenses, the weather may turn cloudy and rain or snow may fall.

Question 18

Cyclone

Answer 18

A swirling center of low air pressure is a Cyclone

Question 19

Anticyclones

Answer 19

Are high-pressure centers of dry air, shown by an H on a weather map.

Question 20

Storm

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Is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere.

Question 21

Thunderstorm

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Is a small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning.

Question 22

Lightning

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Is a sudden spark, or electrical discharge, as these charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

Question 23

Hurricane

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Is a tropical cyclone with winds of 1119 km/h or higher.

Question 24

Storm surge

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A “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where the hurricane lands.

Question 25

Tornado

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Is a rapidly whirling, funnel-shape cloud that reaches down from a thunderstorm to touch Earth’s surface.

Question 26

Evacuate

Answer 26

You should be prepared to Evacuate.

Question 27

Meteorologists

Answer 27

Are scientists who study and try to predict weather.

Question 28

Isobars

Answer 28

Are lines joining places on the map that have the same air pressure.

Question 29

Isotherms

Answer 29

Are lines joining places that have the same temperature.