Weather 8th grade

When moisture condenses out of air and falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail, we are experiencing____________

• evaporation 
• condensation
• precipitation
• transpiration 

a(n)______________is a large body of air that has the same properities as Earth's surface over which it develops

• air mass
• cloud
• tornado
• front

at higher temperatures, air can hold ___________-water vapor as compared to air at lower temperatures

• more or less. depending on dew point
• less
• more
• the same

a violent, whirling wind that moves in a narrow path over land is ________________

• thunderstorm
• hurricane
• tornado
• front

__________humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount that it can hold at a specific temperature 

• total
• partial
• relative
• saturated 

low, layered gray clouds that produce drizzle are ___________ clouds

• cumulus
• stratus
• cirrus
• nimbus

a _________forms where cold and warm air masses meet

• front
• cloud
• climate
• flood

A line that connects points of equal temperature is a (n)___________

• station model
• satellite map
• isothern
• isobar

When air holds all the water vapor it possibly can, we say it's__________

• relative humidity
• saturated
• relieved
• condensed 

The highest clouds are known as__________

• cumulus
• stratus
• nimbus
• cirrus