Chapter 11 Weather Flashcards
(28 cards)
What are high feathery clouds called?
Cirrus clouds
When moisture condenses out of air and falls to the ground as rain sleet or snow is called?
Precipitation
When air full of moisture is cooled and the temp at which air is saturated and condensation forms is reached, it is called
Dew point
A large body of air that has the same properties as earths surface
Air Mass
What is the highest cloud called??
Cirrus clouds
A violent whirling wind that moves In a narrow path over land
Tornado
What is air called when it is holding all the water vapor it can
Steratid
A line that connects points of equal temp is called
Isotherms
List 4 kinds of data used to make weather maps and forecast
Humidity,wind, precipitation,and pressure
List 4 kinds of data used to make weather maps and forecast
Humidity,wind, precipitation,and pressure
What are low layered gray clouds that produce drizzle are called
Stratus clouds
What do the buildup of positive and negative electrical charges in clouds result in??
Lighting
What is it called when snow melts into the air and freezes near the ground
Sleet
A tropical storm formed onto the ocean
Hurricane
Weather is formed by the interaction of _ ,_ and _
Air water and sun
Orders of the 4 clouds
- Stratus
- Nimbus
- Cumulus
- Cirrus
One place where ____ systems form is along fronts
Low pressure
How are tornadoes and thunder storms related
Tornados form from rational wind of the thunderstorm
The 4 thing of precipitation
Rain
Snow
Sleet
hail
The air’s sinking motion makes it hard for air to rise and clouds to form causes high pressure and ___________ weather
Fair
The air is _______ when it is holding all the water vapor it can
Saturated
Air can hold __________ water vapor at higher temps than at lower temps
More
_________ humidity is a measure of the account of water vapor that the air is holding compared to the account that it can hold at the specific temp
Relative
One place where ___________ systems form is along fronts
Low pressure
