What is the most common type of precipitation in our atmosphere?
Rain
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What is weather forecasting?
A prediction of what the weather will be like in the future
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What three types of measurement are used when discussing temperature degrees?
Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin scales
100
What is a cloud?
A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals.
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What is a tool used to monitor the weather and climate of the earth?
A Satellite
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Rain often takes two forms. What are those two forms?
Drizzles and Showers
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What are used on weather maps as shorthand for the conditions at weather observing stations?
Weather symbols or weather station symbols
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What two factors are necessary to specify wind?
Speed and Direction
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Name three types of clouds that we reviewed in class.
Cirrus, Stratus, and Cumulus
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Which type of radar gives meteorologists early detection of severe storms that may bring strong damaging winds, large hail, heavy rain, and possibly tornadoes?
Doppler Radar
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How does snow form?
What isSnow forms when water vapor turns directly into ice without ever passing through a liquid state.
300
Weather forecasting involves a combination of what three models?
Computer models, observations, and a knowledge of trends and patterns
300
A degree of hotness or coldness that can be measured using a specific tool is known as what?
Temperature
300
Which cloud is the most common of the high clouds?
Cirrus Clouds
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What makes clouds move?
Wind
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Sleet is a mixture of what three items?
Snow, rain, and frozen raindrops
400
What symbols are used to show a High pressure system and a Low pressure system? Be specific!
A blue H represents a High Pressure System and a red L represents a Low pressure system
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What is the dew point?
The temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins.
400
Which clouds are usually grayish in color?
Stratus clouds
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What does RADAR stand for?
RAdio Detection And Ranging
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Describe a rain shower.
A shower lasts just briefly and usually is made up of large, heavy drops.
500
What is it called when a warm front and cold front meet?
A stationary front
500
What is the formula to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit?
(°C x (9/5))+32=°F
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Why are clouds white?
Clouds are white because their water droplets are large enough to scatter the light of the seven wavelengths which combine to be white light.