Humidity
Dew Point
Clouds
Wild Card
Mixed bag
Mostly more clouds
100
Not total amount of water vapor in the air. The amount of water vapor in the air based on temperature.
What is relative humidity
100
What is said to happen to water vapor molecules when the dew point has reached in humidity?
what is condensation
100
How are clouds classified?
Height and shape
100
Water droplets or crystals that form clouds will fall back to Earth’s surface when:
The droplets or crystals become too heavy
100
What is this?
cirrocumulus
100
When cumulus clouds grow into big grey clouds you can expect ____. A) Snow B) Hail C) Rain D) Nothing
What is C) Rain
200
Tool to measure relative humidity.
What is a sling psychrometer
200
Dew point is expressed in .... degrees, grams per liter, kilopascal
What are degrees?
200
Which type of clouds are thick and fluffy?
What is cumulus?
200
What cloud is this?
Contrail
200
The following four questions refer to the temperature and dew point data in the following cities: City Air Temperature (°F) Dew Point (°F) City A 95 76 City B 10 10 City C 30 21 City D 50 42 Which city has the highest relative humidity? Which city has the greatest amount of water vapor in the air? Which city has the highest saturated vapor pressure?
What is B,A, and A
200
a low-lying greyish white cloud that usually has dark patches. Unless very thick, light precipitation usually only drizzles from it. These clouds may appear before or after a storm.
What is a stratocumulus?
300
Name the type of air mass that can hold the least water vapor.
what is cold air?
300
the temperature at which the water vapor in the air starts to condense
What is the dew point?
300
This cloud goes through 3 layers.
What is a cumulonimbus?
300
Transpiration describes the process of:
Water is vapor released from plants?
300
Cold air is more ____ than hot/warm air.
Dense
300
a prefix given to middle level clouds
Alto
400
The wet bulb and the dry bulb on the relative humidity measuring device both read 17 degrees C. What is the relative humidity?
100%
400
At 23°F, the atmosphere is saturated with water vapor. If the air temperature increases to 48°F, with no addition or removal of water vapor, one may conclude that the dew point is about
23 degrees F
400
The clouds at the highest altitude are ...
cirrus clouds
400
Choosing between stratus and cirrus clouds, which one is closer to the ground?
stratus
400
Clouds that are white and puffy at an elevation of 18,000 feet AGL.
What are altocumulus clouds
400
altocumulus
500
with no addition or removal of water vapor, how could one lower the relative humidity in a room?
raise the temperature
500
Formula for calculating RH
Relative humidity = specific humidity/capacity x 100%
500
What 2 clouds do you see here?
cumulunimbus and cumulus
500
Clouds that form at or near the ground are called ________
fog
500
Altocumulus
500
What is this?
Nimbostratus
600
The difference between the wet bulb and dry bulb is called ...
wet bulb depression
600
The dew point is 28 degrees F. Last night the dew point was reached. What do you see on your lawn first thing in the morning?
Frost
600
These towering clouds with flat tops often produce thunderstorms.
cumulonimbus
600
As moisture is added to the air and the temperature remains the same, the relative humidity will ____________.
increase
600
Cirrus Clouds are composed of water droplets.
What is false?
600
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What is a 700 pound sturgeon?