Water in the Atmosphere
Clouds
Precipitation
Air Masses and Fronts
Storms
100
This is what we call the quantity of water vapor in the atmosphere.
What is Humidity
100
True or False: Clouds are made of water vapor.
False. Clouds are made of water droplets or ice crystals
100
Any form of this that falls from clouds is called precipitation.
What is water?
100
This type of weather front is warm and dry.
What is Continental-Tropical
100
These are the large clouds in which thunderstorms form.
What are cumulonimbus clouds
200
This is what we call the movement of water between the atmosphere and the surface of the earth.
What is the Water Cycle
200
Clouds form when the air is cooled in the presence of this.
What are particles of smoke, dust, etc.
200
This is the most common form of precipitation
What is rain
200
This forms when a cold air mass and a warm air mass collide and neither can move the other.
What is a stationary front
200
This is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
What is a storm?
300
Explain the direction of water in evaporation and precipitation.
In evaporation water moves upward, in precipitation water moves downward.
300
This is the suffix on the cloud types that produce the most rain.
What is "nimbus"
300
True or False: Freezing rain freezes in the air.
False. Freezing rain freezes when it strikes a cold surface.
300
In the continental U.S. these are moved by prevailing westerlies anf the jet stream.
What are air masses
300
Where in a well-built building would you want to be during a strong tornado?
In the basement.
400
Relative humidity is measured with this.
What is a psychrometer
400
These are the clouds that appear flat and layered and cover most or all of the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
400
Which pellets are larger, Hail or Sleet?
Hail
400
When a warm front and a cold front meet, the _______ front moves over the _______ front.
Warm front moves over cold front
400
During thunderstorms you want to avoid places where ______ may strike.
What is lightning?
500
If 10 kilograms of water vapor are present in a cubic kilometer of air that can hold a maximum od 100 kilograms, the relative humidity would be this.
What is 10%
500
This is the process that occurs when water droplets form on particles forming clouds.
What is condensation?
500
This is the type of clouds where hail is formed.
What is cumulonimbus?
500
From the center of a "High" (also called an anticyclone), winds spiral ________ toward areas of lower pressure.
Outward
500
This is a large, dangerous, mobile, long-lasting type of storm.
What is a hurricane?
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