Air Masses & Fronts
Precipitation
Clouds
Water in the Air
Random!
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This airmass forms in the Gulf of Mexico
What is maritime Tropical, mT?
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The four major types of precipitation are...
What is rain, snow, sleet and hail?
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Cirro clouds form in....
What are high altitudes?
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As the air gets warmer it can hold more of this.
What is water!?????
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Lightening occurs.
What is positively charged area and a negatively charged area?
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This air mass would form over Canada.
What is a continental Polar airmass? or cP?
200
The most common form of precipitation.
What is rain.
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Middle clouds have this prefix.
What is alto?
200
Relative humidity.
What is the ratio of water in the air compared to what the air can hold at a given temperature?
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Rapid expansion of air
What is thunder?
300
This air mass is the least dense of the three types.
What is a warm air mass.
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This precipitation forms when it falls through a layer of freezing air.
What is sleet?
300
The prefix for low clouds is...
What is nothing?
300
When water changes from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
Warm ocean water gives energy.
What is a hurricane?
400
This front forms when the cold air mass doesnt have enough energy to life the warm air mass.
What is a stationary front?
400
This forms when the water droplets in a cloud turn into a solid.
What is snow?
400
Clouds are classified by these two terms.
What is altitude and form?
400
Water vapor and temperature affect...
What is humidity?
400
In order these are used to measure temperature, air pressure and air speed.
What is a thermometer, barometer and anemometer?
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These form when an area has lower air pressure than the surrounding area.
What is a cyclone?
500
This precipitation only forms in Cumulonimbus clouds.
What is hail?
500
The first cloud form is flat bottomed and puffy, while the other is layered.
What is cumulus and stratus?
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The temperature at which water changes from a gas to a liquid.
What is dew point?
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NOAA stands for this.
What is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?
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