Understanding Weather And A Family Of Planets Flashcards
Liquid to vapor
Evaporation
Ammount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
Air moves apart and sinks, area of high pressure
Anticyclone
Temp where air must cool to be saturated
Dew point
Water vapor to liquid
Condensation
Area of low pressure where air meets and rise
Cyclone
2 air masses meet
Front
Stationary front weather
Cloudy wet
What is statement of tornados
75 percent occur in US
Storm surge
Hurricane
Altocumulus
Puffy midl level
Isobars
Show high and low pressure
Lightning is between a positive charge and
Negative charge
Meteorologists track cyclone cause
They help predict stormy or clear weather
What is true bout hail
It is sent up in the clouds
Tracks precip
Radar
2 thermometers
Psychrometer
Measures air temp
Thermometer
Measures wind speed a
Anemometer
Measure air pressure
Barometer
Why are the inner planets called terrestrial planets
They resemble earth
Unit for measuring distinct in solar system
Astronomical unit
Why do active planets have fewer impacts
Geological activity
Gas giants differ from terrestrial planets
There atmospheres are massive
Theory of moon orgin
When a large body struck earth
Evidence that mars has liquid waters
Dry river beds
Spectacular rings
Saturn
Smallest
Pluto
88 earth day year
Mercury
Inner planet with retrograde rotation
Venus
Why do we have the same side of the moon
Period of rotation equals it’s per of revolution
Importance of smaller bodies
Help us Learn the history
Why don’t solar and lunar eclipse occur each month
The moons distance from earth changes
