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Question | Answer |
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what are two variables use to describe weather | temperature, rainfall |
what humidity can be measured in | grams of water per cubic meter of air |
what the tern means during a weather forecast, the meteorologist is referring to air pressure | barometeic pressure |
as air moves from areas of high [pressure t areas of low pressure | wind |
what contain more water vapor | warm air |
what precipitation that reaches Earth's surface as droplets of water is | rain |
what precipitation that reaches Earth's surface as solid, frozen crystals of water is | snow |
what is important process in the water cycle | precipitation |
what reaches Earth's surface as large pellets of ice | hail |
what are water droplets of ice crystals suspended in atmosphere | clouds |
what is called when a cloud that forms near Earth's surface | fog |
what the measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules in the air | air temperature |
what is air pressure is typically measured is | millibars |
when the temperature decrease the air can hold what | less moisture |
what a quantity that change is call | variables |
is the atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time | weather |
the pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or surface below | air pressure |
the amount of water vapor in the air | humidity |
the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air could contain at that temperature | relative humidity |
is the temperate at which air is fully saturated because of decreasing temperatures while holding the amount of moisture | drew point |
is water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere | precipitation |
is the series of natural process in which water continually moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere | water cycle |
is water in its gaseous form | water vapot |
the energy an object has due to its motion | kinetic energy |
is a measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles in an object | temperature |
is the amount of force applied per unit of area | pressure |
is a thin layer of gases surrounding Earth |