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Scientists who study the weather

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Meteorologists

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This is the basic cause of all weather

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The sun

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The imaginary line running through the earth from North Pole to South Pole

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The axis

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The air we live in receives most of its warmth from this

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The ground radiating heat back up

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Different seasons are caused by this

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The tilt of the earth’s axis

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Winds are produced by this

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Temperature differences

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What is lighter than cool air

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Warm air

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The Earth’s surface spins this fast

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1,000 miles per hour

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The areas that have the most changeable weather are areas with these kinds of winds

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Prevailing westerlies

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List the wind systems of the earth

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Polar easterlies
Prevailing westerlies
Trade winds (northeast and southeast)

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The amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature

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Relative humidity

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The lowest possible temperature at which air is able to hold all of its water vapor

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Dew point

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The process in which water vapor leaves the air and changes into a liquid water

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Condensation

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Air is saturated when the humidity of the air is what percent?

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100%

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Water vapor that condenses to form liquid water on the ground

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Dew

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Water vapor that condenses and forms frozen water on the ground

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Frost

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An ice crystal in a cloud becomes too heavy, falls, melts, and lands on the earth as liquid water

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Rain

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Falling ice crystals melt slightly, stick, and freeze together into snowflakes

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Wet snow

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Falling ice crystals melt into raindrops, then refreeze and land on earth as tiny pieces of ice

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Sleet

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Falling ice crystals melt, hit the earth as liquid rain, but refreeze as soon as they land

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Freezing rain

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A small piece of ice is tossed up and down inside a cloud, forming several layers of ice, until it is too heavy and falls to earth

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Hail

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Puffy, bulgy clouds belong to this family

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Cumulus

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Layers of flat clouds belong to this family

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Stratus

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Wispy, curly clouds very high in the atmosphere belong to this family

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Cirrus

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Sheets of clouds that often produce rain

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Stratus

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A “thunderhead” is another name for this kind of cloud

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Cumulonimbus

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This term means “clouds that produce rain”

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Nimbus

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The broad, flat top of a cumulonimbus cloud

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Anvil top

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This is produced when opposite electrical charges build up in very tall clouds

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Lightning

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Thunder is caused by this

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The rapid expansion of superheated air causing shockwaves

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This type of storm packs the most destructive power into the smallest space

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Tornado

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The calm region of very low air pressure in the center of a tornado

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The eye of the storm

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If a tornado has been spotted meteorologists issue this

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A tornado warning

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If conditions are right for a tornado to form, this is issued

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Tornado watch

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Lightning that does not come in contact with the ground but remains within the cloud is known as this

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Sheet lightning

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This is a row of thunderheads that builds up in front of advancing cold air

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A squall line

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The boundary between two air masses

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A front

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These are precautions to take during a thunderstorm

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1Stay indoors
2Stay inside a car if you are out
3Avoid being the tallest object or standing next to tall objects if you are outside
4 stay away from high ground or open flat areas
5 avoid being in or near water, including the shower
6 do not use the telephone or electrical appliances
7Unplug electrical appliances

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What makes humidity higher in some places rather than others

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Warmer air holds more water vapor than cold air.

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In order for condensation to take place wired molecules must have this

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A solid surface to gather on

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Most water vapor remains here

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In the bottom of the troposphere near the Earth’s surface

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These are the three ingredients in the cloud recipe

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Water, rising air, dust

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Three things that can cause air to rise are….

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Solar heating, mountains, fronts

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Describe what an air mass is

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Is single large unit of air with uniform temperature and humidity characteristics

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The temperature at which cooling air becomes saturated and begins to release some of its water vapor through condensation

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Dew point

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The process by which cooling water leaves the air and changes into tiny droplets of liquid water

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Condensation

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Droplets of water that form on cool surfaces when water vapor from the air condenses

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Dew

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Tiny crystals of ice formed when water vapor freezes onto a cold object

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Frost

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Air flows in this pattern

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From high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas

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Name four types of clouds

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Heap cloud, layer cloud, wisp cloud, combination cloud

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Name the layer clouds

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Stratus, nimbostratus, altostratus

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Name the heap clouds

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Cumulus, cumulonimbus, altocumulus

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Name the wisp cloud

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Cirrus

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Name the combination clouds

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Cirrostratus, stratocumulus, cirrocumulus

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Hailstones form in clouds with strong what?

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Updrafts

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This at the top of the tropopause stops clouds from growing upward any farther

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The temperature inversion

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