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