Weather

Forms when millions of water droplets become suspended in air and collect around small dust particles

• snow

• relative humidity

• cloud

• dew point

The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms

• hail

• relative humidity

• cloud

• dew point

The maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature, compared to how much it is holding.

• snow

• relative humidty

• cloud

• dewpoint

A form of precipitation that can break windows and destroy crops

• hail

• snow

• cloud

• fog

A type of precipitation that forms when the air temperature is below freezing and water vapor changes directly to a solid

• hail

• snow

• rain

• fog

The transfer of energy in the form of rays or waves

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Transfer of heat by the flow of a heated material

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

In general, atmospheric pressure is greatest near Earth's surface and ____ as you move upward away from sea level.

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

The ____ is caused by the Earth's rotation.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

• Coriolis effect

There are ____ molecules of air at high elevations, so air pressure is less.

• fewer

• the same number of

• more