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20.1 Atmospheric Moisture
Clouds and Fog
Precipitation
Weather Questions
100

This is the study of the weather

What is meteorology

100
This is the amount energy absorbed or released to cause a phase change
What is latent heat
100
Clouds are in what phase
What is a liquid phase
100
the most common type of precipitation in Florida
What is rain
100
What must be present in order for clouds to form
What is condensation nuclei
200
This is the name of our galaxy
What is the milky way
200
This is a phase change from solid to gas
What is sublimation
200
This are usually your highest clouds and often look like a wisp of hair
What is a cirrus cloud
200
any form of water that fall's to earth's surface is called
What is precipitation
200
the base of cloud marks
What is the condensation level
300
He is famous for working with the telescope
Who is Galileo
300
This is the temperature at which water vapor condenses back to liquid
What is the dew point
300
This means the "rain bringer"
What is nimbu
300
the formation of large droplets by the combining of smaller droplets is called
What is coalesence
300
these clouds often bring thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus
400
Name the two moons of Mars
What is deimos and phobos
400
This the measure of the water vapor in air compared to actual amount of water vapor that could be held in the air.
What is relative humidity
400
Clouds are formed by hot air rising and cooling down through expansion of molecules by this process
What is adiabatic cooling
400
This precipitation occurs by the rapidly freezing and melting of ice within a cloud.
What is hail
400
When ice melts, latent heat
What is absorbed
500
Name the planets in order from the sun outward
What is mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune.
500
This instrument uses two thermometers to measure the humidity in the air. One is usually dry an they other has a sponge at the end of it.
What is a sling psychrometer
500
These are clouds at ground level
What is fog
500
This instrument measures the intensity of precipitation in a cloud by bouncing radio waves off it.
What is doppler radar
500
The dew point is the temperature at which the rate of condensation is
What is equal to the rate of evaporation
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