Weather patterns vocab! Flashcards
An amount of air that moves in a unit.
Air parcel
The force on a surface caused by the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth.
Air pressure
The mixture of gasses surrounding a planet.
Atmosphere
Liquid water droplets suspended in the air.
Cloud
The process by which a gas changes into a liquid
Condensation
The ability to make things move or change.
Energy
The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.
Evaporation
One thing that contributes to causing a event.
Factor
Scientific methods used to reconstruct and understand a mystery.
Forensic
A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.
Humidity
The scientific study or weather.
Meteorology
Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
Pattern
Rain, Snow, sleet, hail that falls from the clouds to the ground.
Precipitation
Where something comes from.
Source
Whenever something stays mostly the same over time.
Stability
The measure of how hot or cold something is.
Temperature
To move from one object to another.
Transfer
The layer of the atmosphere closer to earth, where weather happens.
Troposphere
Water as a gas.
Water vapor.
Conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time.
Weather
The movement of air in a particular direction.
Wind
