H2O Entering Atmosphere
Clouds
Clouds
Clouds
H2O Leaving Atmosphere
100
frost forms on blades of grass
What is sublimation
100
flat layers of low-level clouds
What are stratus clouds
100
prefix used when naming middle altitude clouds
What is alto-
100
wispy, high-altitude clouds, sometimes called mare's tails
What are cirrus clouds
100
the three types of solid precipitation
What are snow, sleet , and hail
200
liquid cloud droplets form
What is condensation
200
small droplets of rain (it's NOT frozen)
What is drizzle
200
liquid water below the freezing point
What is supercooled water
200
clouds that never produce rain
What are cirrus clouds
200
most brief showers or thunderstorms in summer are a result of this
What is convection
300
causing COOLING to its surroundings
What is evaporation
300
a stratus cloud so low it touches the ground
What is fog
300
the temperature at which relative humidity is at 100%
What is the dew point
300
vertically developed storm clouds
What are cumulonimbus clouds
300
raindrops fall and collect other cloud droplets growing bigger
What is coalescence
400
water enters the atmosphere from lakes and oceans this way
What is evaporation
400
its what clouds are made of
What is sublimated water droplets and ice crystals
400
microscopic particles around which water droplets forms
What is condensation nuclei
400
it what the top of a cumulonimbus cloud is shaped like
What is an anvil
400
this side of a mountain range usually receives more rain than the other
What is the side facing the wind
500
ice cubes stored in a freezer will disappear over time... is an example of
What is sublimation
500
a humid air mass is lifted higher into the atmosphere an dbegins to form clouds as its water vapor condenses
What is adabiatic cooling
500
water vapor sublimes around microscopic particles in the atmosphere
What is freezing nuclei
500
Cirrocumulus clouds can cause this type of distinctive pattern
What is a mackerel sky
500
it's the two ways in which water can leave the atmosphere
What are 1. by precipitation from clouds and 2. sublimation
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