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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |