Weather/Water Cycle Unit Test Review Cards Test is ________

What is air pressure?

Weight of the air (atmosphere)
We measure air pressure with a barometer.
If the air pressure rises, what type of
weather will we have? Dry weather, less
chance of rain


What is humidity?
A measurement of the amount of
water vapor in the air.
What instrument do I use to
measure humidity?

hygrometer
What instrument measures wind speed?
anemometer
What instrument measures wind direction?
Wind vane

What is a rain gauge? What does
it measure?
A tool that measures amount of
rain that falls.


Define meteorology study of weather

What instrument do I use to
measure temperature?
thermometer
(ront is where two air masses meet)
What is a warm front?
Warm air moves over a cold air mass
What type of weather is caused
by a warm front
!roduces rain or snow that lasts for several
hours (slow"steay)

What is a cold front?
#old air moves under a warm air
mass
What type of weather is caused
by a cold front?
#ause heavy rain, thunderstorms,
or snow
What is a front?
A place where two air masses meet
What is a low lying cloud called?
fog
What $ind of pressure do we have when the
air pressure drops?
wet and rainy
What is precipitation?
Water that falls from the
atmosphere to the earth
(e%amples are ice, snow, sleet,
hail)

What are the three parts of the water
cycle?
&vaporation, condensation and precipitation
(be able to label parts of water cycle)
What is the difference between
weather and climate?
Weather is condition of
atmosphere at a certain place and
time
#limate is pattern of weather
over a long period of time.
(!olar, 'emperate, 'ropical)
Define evaporation( process of li)uid turning
into gas
Define
#ondensation is the process by
which a gas changes into a
li)uid.
What is the free*ing point of water?
+ degrees Celsis
!" degrees #ahrenheit
What is the boiling point of
water?
$%% degrees Celsis
"$" degrees #ahrenheit
,e able to draw and identify the symbols
for cold, warm and stationary fronts. What is the name of water in its
three states of matter?
-ice (solid)--
--water (li)uid)--
.as (water vapor) -
'he &l /ino causes what type of weather?
#auses a lot of rain on the west coast (and
in .eorgia, too0)
111111 2ow does a cloud form?
Water vapor cools and condenses
and forms a cloud
When the air pressre rises weather is
low h&idity and less chance of rain (high
and dry)
When the air pressre is low or drops'
the weather is &ost li(ely going to bring
rain
When clods (or water vapor) for&s
into s&all droplets near the grond'
it is called
fog
What type of precipitation falls as ice?
snow