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What is a cold front?
Transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass.
100
What is cirrus?
A high cloud.
100
What is condensation nuclei?
Any tiny suspended particle in the atmosphere, either liquid or solid, upon which condensation of water vapor begins.
100
What is freezing rain?
Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
100
What is air pressure?
The force exerted by air.
200
What is a warm front?
Transition zone where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass.
200
What is alto?
A mid-level cloud.
200
What is dew point?
The temperature to which air must be cooled.
200
What is hail?
Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice.
200
What is wind?
Air in natural motion.
300
What is a stationary front?
When a front is not moving.
300
What is cumulus?
Puffy cotton ball like clouds.
300
What is rain?
Water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops.
300
What are air masses?
A body of air covering a relatively wide area.
300
What are clouds?
A visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air.
400
What is a occluded front?
When a cold front overtakes a warm front.
400
What is nimbus?
A rain cloud.
400
What is snow?
A precipitation in the form of ice crystals.
400
What is temperature?
A measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value.
400
What are fronts?
The boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures or humidity.
500
What is density?
The state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition.
500
What is stratus?
Lower level clouds.
500
What is sleet?
Precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls.
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What is relative humidity?
The amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount that the air could hold at the given temperature.
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What is precipitation?
Falling products of condensation in the atmosphere, as rain, snow, or hail.
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