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What cloud is puffy, fluffy and big?
Cumulus!
I am a cloud at LOW altitude. I am puffy, fluffy and cottony. What am I?
Strato Cumulus!
What is relative humidity?
Relative humidity is the ratio of the actual amount of water present in the air compared to the amount of water which the same volume of air would hold if it were saturated.
When does land breeze happen?
At NIGHT!
I am a cloud at medium altitude. I am thin, smooth and flat. What am I?
Alto Stratus!
True or false: Hail forms in clouds with WEAK vertical currents.
FALSE!
When does sea breeze happen?
During the DAY!
78% Nitrogen
21% oxygen
1% other gases.
Name some qualities of the atmosphere
Temperature, humidity, density, pressure.
Is sea breeze blowing TO the sea or FROM the sea?
FROM the sea!
How does convection work!
The sun heats the earth and the earth heats the air!
In which layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur?
Troposphere!
When do Anabatic winds happen?
During the DAY!
Name a lifting agent!
Convection or frontal lift!
Clouds that are thin and wispy and are very, VERY high in the sky!
Cirrus
When do Katabatic winds happen?
At NIGHT!
What is "DEW POINT"?
Dew point is the temperature to which unsaturated air must be cooled, at a constant pressure, in order to become saturated.
What cloud is flat and smooth.
Stratus!
What is the "middle height" for clouds?
Alto!
Which layer of the atmosphere is full of ozone?
The stratosphere!
What are the different layers of the atmosphere?
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere.
Through which process is snow created?
Sublimation
What are the 3 properties of the atmosphere?
Mobility, capacity for expansion and capacity for compression.
Strato, alto, cirro!
What does Ozone do for the earth?
Shields us from ultraviolet rays!