Atmosphere Review

Which weather tool measures high and low air pressure?

• thermometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• psychrometer

Which tool is used to measure humidity (the amount of moisture) in the air?

• wind vane

• barometer

• anemometer

• hygrometer

The amount of moisture (water vapor) in the air is called

• Barometer

• Humidity

• Rain gauge

• Evaporation

What is a Dew Point

• The pressure at which clouds form.

• The temperature at which, when air is saturated (holding all the water it can), condensation forms.

• The process of water changing between all 3 of its states.

• When one has drank too many Mountain Dew's

describes the day to day condition of air outdoors such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall.

• climate

• Water Cycle

• weather

• precipitation

average weather conditions of a region over many years.

• transpiration

• climate

• condensation

• accumulate

moist air rises and gets cooler, pressure decreases, and water condenses on condensation nuclei

• cloud formation

• fresh water

• greenhouse effect

• sea breeze

Cottony, billowy, pictures

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus

High, thin wispy

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Thunderstorm cloud

• Cumulonimbus

• Nimbostratus

• Cirrus

• Contrail