1. Condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place

Weather

2. High pressure center in the northern hemisphere with winds blowing clockwise outward from the middle causing clear skies

Anticyclone

3. Low pressure center in the northern hemisphere with winds blowing counterclockwise toward the middle causing clouds and precipitation

Cyclone

4. Side or direction from which the wind blows

Windward

5. Deflection or curving of winds and ocean currents due to the rotation of the earth

Coriolis Effect

6. Fast moving west-to-east flowing “river” of air high in the troposphere that influences weather

Jet Stream

7. Upward movement of air as it passes over a mountain range

Orographic Lifting

8. Opposite side or direction from which the wind blows

Leeward

9. Movement of air along earth’s surface

Wind

10. Air that moves up and down

Air Current

11. Line on a map connecting points of equal air pressure

Isobar

12. Line on a map connecting points of equal temperature

Isotherm

13. Measure of how much water vapor is in the air compared to how much water vapor the air can hold at that temperature

Relative Humidity

14. Measure of the amount of thermal (heat) energy

Temperature

15. Energy added or removed from a substance in order for it to change its state of matter

Latent Heat

16. Temperature at which condensation occurs

Dew Point

17. The weight of air pressing on a surface

Air Pressure

18. Change from a gas to a liquid

Condensation

19. Change from a liquid to a gas

Evaporation

20. Change from a gas directly to a solid

Deposition 

21. Change from a solid directly to a gas

Sublimation

22. Boundary between two large masses of air with different temperatures

Front

23. The change in a measurement over a given horizontal distance

Gradient

24. Coastal wind blowing during the night from the land toward the ocean

Land breeze

25. Coastal wind blowing during the day from the ocean toward the land

Sea breeze

26. Holding as much water as is possible

Saturated

27. Low, flat, expansive, blanket-like clouds

Stratus

28. Gray, thick blanket-like clouds that bring rain

Nimbostratus

29. Clouds along the ground

Fog

30. White, fluffy, cotton ball – like clouds that mean fair weather

Cumulus 

31. High, feather clouds made of ice crystals

Cirrus

32. Tall, anvil-shaped clouds that form during thunderstorms; thunderhead clouds

Cumulonimbus 

33. Instrument used to measure wind speed

Anemometer

34. Instrument used to measure wind direction

Wind Vane

35. Instrument used to measure air pressure

Barometer

36. Instrument used to measure temperature

Thermometer

37. Instrument used to measure relative humidity

Psychrometer

38. Instrument used to measure the amount of precipitation

Rain Gauge

39. Rain, snow, sleet, hail

Precipitation

40. Precipitation in which raindrops freeze as they fall to earth; above freezing in clouds but below freezing at ground level

Sleet

41. Precipitation in which strong winds repeatedly blow raindrops up high in clouds where a new layer of frost forms forming a small to large ball of ice which falls to earth

Hail

42. Precipitation in which raindrops freeze after they hit the ground; above freezing in clouds but below freezing at ground level

Freezing Rain

43. Precipitation in which water vapor condenses directly into ice crystals in the clouds which fall to the surface; below freezing in clouds

Snow

44. Precipitation in which liquid drops of water fall from clouds. It is above freezing in clouds and at ground level

Rain