science notecards Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Latent Heat | The heat energy that is absorbed or released by a substance during a phase change |
Sublimation | solid changes directly into a gas |
Dew Point | The temperature at which the condensation rate equals the evaporation rate |
Cloud | a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals in the air |
Condensation Nucleus | The suspended particles that provide the surfaces necessary for water vapor to condense |
Adiabitic cooling | The process by which the temperature of a mass of air decreases as the air rises and expands |
Advective Cooling | Another cooling process that is associated with cloud formation |
Stratus Cloud | Clouds that have a flat, uniform base and that begin to form at very low altitudes are called |
Cumulus Cloud | billowy clouds that commonly have a top that resembles cotton balls and a dark bottom |
Cirrus Cloud | Feathery clouds that are composed of ice crystals and that have the highest altitude of any cloud in the sky |
Fog | the result of the condensation of water vapor in the air |
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