Weather Flashcards
Humidity
moisture in the air
Cumulus Cloud
white clouds that tend to have flat bottoms
Stratus Cloud
they cover a lot of area
Cirrus Cloud
made of ice crystals
Cumulonimbus cloud
Big fat white clouds
Condensation
when water vapor forms into clouds
Evaporation
when water turns into water vapor
Precipitation
rain, water, snow
Runoff
rain sliding back into a body of water
Rain
water falling from the sky
sleet
rain and snow mixture falling from the sky
snow
frozen water falling from the sky
hail
ice falling from the sky
polar-maritime airmass
forms over the north pacific and is cool and very wet
polar- continental airmass
forms over northern canada
Tropical- maritime airmass
forms over warm areas in the pacific ocean
troical- continental airmass
forms over the desert of northern mexico
cold front
front of cold
warm front
front of warm
thunderstorm
storm of thunder
lightning
the big bolt of electricity in the sky
Thunder
the boom after lightning
Tornado
the thing that takes dory away in The Wizard of Oz
Hurricane
big tropical storm
thermomometer
measures temp
Anemometer
measures wind speed