Weather and Climate-Questions and Answers Graded A+

Weather and Climate-Questions and Answers Graded A+ climate - ANSWER-long-term average of weather in an area weather - ANSWER-day-to-day changes in atmospheric conditions, including temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind, cloud coverage, or precipitation air mass - ANSWER-large body of air with the same temperature and humidity front - ANSWER-where two different air masses meet normally causing precipitation humidity - ANSWER-amount of moisture in the air jet stream - ANSWER-fast moving stream of wind where cold, polar air meets warm air from the equator drought - ANSWER-a long period of unusually dry weather anemometer - ANSWER-tool that measures wind speed barometer - ANSWER-tool that measures air pressure wind vane - ANSWER-tool that measures wind direction air pressure - ANSWER-the pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area altitude - ANSWER-elevation above sea level atmosphere - ANSWER-the layer of gases that surrounds Earth condensation - ANSWER-the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water Coriolis effect - ANSWER-the change that Earth's rotation causes in the motion of objects and that explains how winds curve evaporation - ANSWER-the process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor precipitation - ANSWER-any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface