Weather and Atmospheric Science

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_____________________ is the atmospheric conditions along with short-term changes of a certain place at a certain time.

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Weather

Front

Air pressure can be measured with an instrument called a________________________.

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barometer

Front

What creates wind in our atmosphere?

Back

As air moved from areas of high pressure to low pressure

Front

What unit of measurement is barometric pressure usually measured in?

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Millibars

Front

_______________ is water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere.

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precipitation

Front

What determines the maximum amount of water vapor that air can hold?

Back

Temperature

Front

Air________ is the measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules in the air.

Back

temperature

Front

How does most water vapor enter the atmosphere?

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When water at the ocean's surface is heated and evaporates

Front

________ _ _ _ _ _ _ starts as a small piece of ice that is repeatedly caught in an updraft within a cloud. A layer of ice is added with each lifting. When it becomes too heavy, it falls to earth.

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hail

Front

If the amount of water vapor in the air is half of the maximum amount the air can hold at that temperature, we say the relative humidity is _________%.

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