Weather Flashcards
1
Q
Humidity
A
moisture in the air
2
Q
Cumulus Cloud
A
white clouds that tend to have flat bottoms
3
Q
Stratus Cloud
A
they cover a lot of area
4
Q
Cirrus Cloud
A
made of ice crystals
5
Q
Cumulonimbus cloud
A
Big fat white clouds
6
Q
Condensation
A
when water vapor forms into clouds
7
Q
Evaporation
A
when water turns into water vapor
8
Q
Precipitation
A
rain, water, snow
9
Q
Runoff
A
rain sliding back into a body of water
10
Q
Rain
A
water falling from the sky
11
Q
sleet
A
rain and snow mixture falling from the sky
12
Q
snow
A
frozen water falling from the sky
13
Q
hail
A
ice falling from the sky
14
Q
polar-maritime airmass
A
forms over the north pacific and is cool and very wet
15
Q
polar- continental airmass
A
forms over northern canada
