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7.1 HW: Schopmeyer
Vocab, 15 questions 7.1, 5 questions ch. 1-6 that relate to 7.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Weather | The atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time |
| Air pressure | The pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or surface, below it |
| Humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |
| Relative 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 |
| Dew Point | The temperature at which air if fully saturated because of decreasing temperatures while holding the amount of moisture constant |
| Precipitation | Is water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere |
| Water cycle | The series of natural processes in which water continually moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere |
| what are two types of variables | temperature and rainfall |
| what is wind direction | the direction the wind is blowing |
| what is relative humidity measured with | a psychrometer |
| what determines the maximum amount of water vapor air can contain | temperature |
| what is rain | precipitaion that reaches earths surface |
| what is an important process in the water cycle | precipitation |
| what are clouds | water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere |
| what produces precipitation | clouds |
| what does barometric pressure mean | air pressure |
| how can humidity be measure | in grams of water per cubic meter of air |
| warm air can contain more water vapor than cold air | true |
| when air is saturated it contains more water vapor | true |
| when temperature is high molecules have a ___________ | high kinetic energy |
| clouds can have? | different shapes and be present at different altitudes |
| a cloud that forms near earths surface is called | fog |
| the troposphere contains all the __________ | clouds |
| the stratosphere contains all the ____________ | weather balloons |
| many of the elements on the periodic table are found where? | on earth/ ground |
| when you have boiling water then it will eventually__________ | turn to water vapor |
| liquid has _________________________________________________ | no definite shape or volume |
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