Weather stuff
Which of the following is one of the three major factors that cause weather? uneven heat distribution, human activity, volcanic eruptions, or ocean currents
What is uneven heat distribution
Which of the following is a high-level cloud? stratocumulus, altrostratus, cirrostratus, or nimbostratus
What is cirrostratus
Mid-level clouds that have a puffy appearance and often appear as rows.
What is altocumulus.
The movement of water from the air to the earth's surface and back is what?
What is the hydrological cycle
What type of air mass is cold and dry?
What is Continental Polar
The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is weather
a billowy, low-level cloud with flat bases
What is a cumulus
Lens shaped clouds that often form near mountains.
What is lenticular clouds.
Type of precipitation that consists of drops of liquid water smaller than raindrops.
What is drizzle
Type of air mass that forms over the Caribbean Sea.
What is maritime tropical
When evaporation and condensation are occurring at the same rate, the air is said to be?
What is saturated
Least common type of high-level cloud
What is cirrocumulus
A cloud that has a low-level base and a top composed of ice crystals.
What is cumulonimbus
An extended period of heavy snow and high wind.
What is a blizzard
Who unmoving air masses of different temperatures form what kind of front?
What is Stationary Front.
The temperature at which cooling air begins condensing.
What is dew point
Which of these is NOT a high-level cloud?
Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cumulonimbus, or Cirrostratus
Cumulonimbus
What type of cloud is missing from this list of low-level clouds? Stratus, Cumulonimbus, Cumulus, and _____?
What is Stratocumulus
Brownish haze that develops as complex molecules that are broken down into ozone and other harmful substances.
What is Photochemical smog
How does an occluded front form?
What is a cold front overtakes a warm front.
The scientific term for a gas becoming is liquid.
What is condensation.
Mid-level clouds known for covering the sky and producing steady precipitation.
What is nimbostratus.
A "mackerel sky" occurs when rows of these clouds form a pattern resembling fish scales.
What is cirrocumulus.
Type of fog that occurs due to adiabatic cooling of upward-moving air.
What is upslope fog
Where does a frontal cyclone draw its energy from?
What is a warm air mass