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11754-2015
weather
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is humidity? | It is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. |
| How is humidity measured? | It is measured with a psychrometer. It has two thermometers. Wet bulb and dry bulb. |
| How do clouds form? | Water vapor in the air gathers and becomes liquid water or ice crystals. |
| What is dew point? | The temperature when condensation begins. |
| Types of clouds? | Cumulus, Startus, Cirrus, |
| What are Cumulus Clouds? | They look like fluffy rounded piles of clouds. 2 km above the surface. |
| What are Startus Clouds? | They cover most of the sky. Flat layer are spread out. |
| What are Cirrus Clouds? | They are wispy feathery clouds. They are at high levels about 6KM above the surface of the earth. |
| What is precipitation? | Any form of water that falls form clouds. May be rain or snow. |
| What is rain? | Most common precipitation. 0.5 mm diameter. |
| What is sleet? | It is frozen rain drops. |
| What is freezing rain? | Rain that freezes before it hits the ground. |
| What is hail? | Round pellets of ice. |
| What is snow? | Water in clouds is converted directly into ice crystals and it is called snow flakes. |
| How is precipitation measured? Rain and Snow | Rain is measured by a rain gauge. Snow is measured by a ruler. |
| What is a drought? Hint no rain | A period of no or little rain. |
| How do droughts affect people? | When there are long periods of no or little rain, farmers do not have water to grow crops. |
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