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Which part of the water cycle is water vapor entering the atmosphere?
condensation
Which part of the water cycle is water changing to water vapor?
evaporation
Which part of the water cycle is when water returns to earth?
precipitation
What two conditions are required for clouds to form?
Cooling of the air and presence of particles
Anticyclones are made up of what kind of pressure and rotate which direction?
high pressure and clockwise in the northern hemisphere
Cyclones bring what type of weather?
thunderstorms- lots of precipitation
Cyclones are made up of what kind of pressure and rotate in which direction?
low pressure and counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere
Isobars are lines on a map that join places that have the same _____
air pressure
Isotherms are lines on a map joining places that have the same ______
temperature
An air mass that is warm and forms over land is called
continental tropical
An air mass that is warm and forms over water is called
maritime tropical
An air mass that forms over land and is cold is called
Continental polar
An air mass that forms over water and is cold is called
maritime polar
Rain, snow, and other forms of precipitaion are usually associated with which type of pressure?
low
When a warm air mass and cold air mass meet and neither can move the other it is called
a stationary front
Whn a warm air mass moves in and takes over a cold air mass this is called a
warm front
