weather Flashcards
(26 cards)
humidity
amount of water vapor in the air
cumulus cloud
large cloud with flat bottom
stratus cloud
look like a big blanket in the sky
cirrus cloud
thin wispy clouds and are often are vary few clouds
cumulonimbus
large clout that causes thunder also known as thunder head
condensation
water that forms on objects when the air around it cools down
evaporation
when the water gets hot and goes into the sky
percipitation
rain
runoff
when water runs downhill to a body of water
rain
percipitation
sleet
a mix of snow and water
snow
crystals of frozen water
hail
large clumps of ice that fall from the sky
polar-maritime airmass
large cold unstable airmasses
tropical-maritime airmass
large warm unstable airmasses
polar continental airmass
forms near the poles and is a large cold unstable airmass
tropical continental airmass
forms near the poles and is large warm unstable airmass
cold front
a large amount of cold air flowing in a direction
warm front
a large amount of warm air flowing in a direction
thunderstorm
often caused by a cumulonimbus cloud it is a storm without water and just lightning and thunder
lightning
electricity that strikes a location
thunder
the sound of the lightning
tornado
a mass of warm and cold air circling around eachother
hurricane
large tornado that is full of water and must be going at least 75 mph
