Understanding Weather - Chapter 3, Section 1
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| How does runoff affect the water cycle? | It carries water from precipitation into oceans
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| What happens when air reaches it's dew point? | Relative humidity is 100%
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| What weather is caused by nimbostratus clouds? | rainy weather
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| How does sleet differ from snow? | It starts as rain then freezes in the air
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| Which describes an altocumulus cloud? | Puffy mid-level cloud
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| How is hail created? | It is sent up into clouds many times
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| What increases air's ability to hold water vapor? | Increase in tempurature
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| What part of the water cycle do clouds form? | In condensation
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| What is a cloud made of? | Water droplets
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| What is a puffy cloud in the middle altitude called? | Altocumulus
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| What cloud may go from a low to high altitude? | Cumulonimbus
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| What cloud is layered and made of ice crystals? | Cirrostratus
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| What clouds are puffy and white and indicate fair weather? | Cumulus
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| When people use coasters for glasses, the coaster prevents what from damaging a table | Condensation
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| Fog is a type of | Cloud
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| A psychrometer measures | Relative humidity
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| The most common precipitation is | Rain
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| Precipitation that is made of balls of ice is called | Hail
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| Precipitation that freezes as it falls is | Sleet
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| Water vapor that changes to a solid is | snow
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| What atmospheric conditions would most likely produce an ice storm? | Temperature in the clouds would be above freezing.
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| Why does fog disappear during the day? | rising temperatures cause this
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| Amount of water vapor in the air | Humidity
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| The process in which liquids turn into vapor | Evaperation
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| Area of high pressure where air moves apart and sinks | Anticyclone
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| The temperature at which air must cool to be saturated | Dew point
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| Process when water vapor turns to liquid | condensation
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| What measuring tool has two thermometers | Psychrometer
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| Amount of moisture in the air | Humidity
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| Percentage that shows how much water vapor is in the air | Relative humidity
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| Moisture in the air | Water vapor
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| The temperature at which air is saturated | Dew point
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| A cloud that forms near the ground | fog
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| A cloud that brings a thunderstorm | Cumulonimbus
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| A puffy white cloud with a flat bottom | Cumulus
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| Clouds that cover a large area | Stratus
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| What type of environment not likely to form? | The area must have the relative humidity of 100%
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| How much moisture can air hold at 20 degrees Celcius? | 18 g/m
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