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What is temperature?
This measures how fast air molecules are moving.
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What is a front?
The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called this
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What is cloudy weather?
Areas of low pressure usually have this type of weather.
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What is the Sun?
This ultimately drives the water cycle
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What is an air mass?
A(n) __________ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.
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What is the afternoon?
During this time of the day, the Sun's energy is spread over a larger area.
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What is high pressure?
Good weather is formed when this system comes through and the air masses sink, making it difficult for clouds to form.
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What is preciptation?
When water, in liquid or solid form, falls from the atmosphere it is called this.
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What is air pressure?
Pressure that a column of air exerts on the air below it is called this.
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What is tropical Pacific Ocean?
El NiƱo is a climate event that starts here and sets off changes in the atmosphere.
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What is surface air pressure?
As air moves down, this increases.
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What is condensation?
When you exhale on a cold morning, you see what looks like fog coming out with your breath. This is an example of this step in the water cycle.
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What is weather?
Atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a particular place at a particular time is called this
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What are June, July and August?
the most solar radiation reaches the northern hemisphere during these months.
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What is high-pressure?
This type of system is associated with fair weather
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What is the water cycle?
The process by which water constantly moves between the hydrosphere and the atmosphere is called this.
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What is high humidity?
This causes your skin feels sticky and sweaty on a hot summer day.
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What is the tilt of the earth?
Seasons are caused by differences in daylight, temperature, and weather patterns due to this.
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What is a low-pressure system?
On satellite images, areas represented with cloud cover are most likely showing this type of pressure system.
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What is the hydrosphere?
This term is used to describe all of the water at Earth's surface.
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