Final

Front 1

Latent Heat

Back 1

stored heat

Front 2

Evaporation

Back 2

liquid to gas

Front 3

Condensation

Back 3

gas to liquid, energy must be released

Front 4

Melting

Back 4

change from a soild to a liquid

Front 5

Freezing

Back 5

changes from a liquid to a soild

Front 6

Sublimation

Back 6

soild to a gas

Front 7

Deposition

Back 7

frost ( gas to solid)

Front 8

Humidity

Back 8

amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

Front 9

Saturation

Back 9

water entering the atmosphere equals the amount leaving

Front 10

Relative humidity

Back 10

the level of saturation of the air

Front 11

Decrease temperature

Back 11

does not change the amount of water, just the percent saturation

Front 12

Dew Point

Back 12

temperature at which the air is saturated and any decrease in temperature will allow water to be percipitated

Front 13

Adiabatic cooling/heating

Back 13

changes in temperature due to the expansion (cooling) or compression (heating) of gases

Front 14

Decrease in air

Back 14

decrease in temperature and the dew point is reacher

Front 15

Stable atmosphere

Back 15

rising air cools faster than the surrounding atmosphere

Front 16

Unstable

Back 16

rising air cools more slowly than the surrounding atmosphere

Front 17

Cirrus Cloud

Back 17

high, wispy, thin, icy

Front 18

Cumulus Clouds

Back 18

cotton balls, darker

Front 19

Stratus Clouds

Back 19

sheet of larger clouds

Front 20

Nimbus Clouds

Back 20

storm clouds

Front 21

Radiation

Back 21

from the rapid cooling of the land

Front 22

Advection

Back 22

warm air moving over a cold surface

Front 23

Steam

Back 23

due to evaportion

Front 24

Rain

Back 24

water drops over 1/2 mm

Front 25

Drizzle

Back 25

water drops less than 1/2 mm

Front 26

Sleet

Back 26

rain passes through a cold zone and freezes

Front 27

Freezing Rain

Back 27

rain freezes when contacting a cold surface

Front 28

Hail

Back 28

forms in cumulonimbus clouds in concertric layers

Front 29

Wind

Back 29

movement of air from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure

Front 30

Nuclei

Back 30

form around dust, salt

Front 31

Ice Crystals

Back 31

forms as snow and may melt on the way down

Front 32

Anticyclone

Back 32

higher pressures toward the center

Front 33

Cyclone

Back 33

lower pressure toward the center

Front 34

High pressure

Back 34

air filling into warmer areas, so dew point is not reacher, fair condition

Front 35

Low pressure

Back 35

rising air cools and forms clouds

Front 36

Front

Back 36

boundary between air masses that differ in temperature

Front 37

Warm Front

Back 37

-warm air rises over cold air
-stable air, so flat, over few days, get some precipitation

Front 38

Cold Front

Back 38

-cold air forces itself unfer warm air
-cumulonimbus clouds so heavy, rapid, precipitaion

Front 39

Thunderstrom

Back 39

downdrafts develop with heavy rain

Front 40

Lightning

Back 40

negative stream initiate positive flow to cloud

Front 41

Tornadoes

Back 41

results from the rapid updraft of air rushing into an area of very low pressure, associated with cumulonimbus clouds, occur where very cold, dy air and very warm wet air meet

Front 42

Hurricanes

Back 42

also called typoons in the Pacific and cyclones in the indian
- winds must be over 74mph

Front 43

Eye

Back 43

center of the hurricane where conditions subside

Front 44

Strom Surge

Back 44

-most damage and death
-water pushed by hurricane may rasied local sea level by 10 feet

Front 45

Lake effect snow

Back 45

cool polar air picks up moisture over an inland lake