Precipitation
rain
The most destructive type of storm
tornado
A ground level cloud
fog
Warm air
Which weighs less? warm air or cold air
warm air
What kind of precipitation starts as ice crystals that melt and then hit the earth as a liquid but refreeze as they land?
freezing rain
Another name for a thunderhead.
Cumulonimbus cloud
White, puffy, bulgy clouds
cumulous clouds
The lowest possible temperature at which air is able to hold all of its water vapor.
dew point
Where does the air around us receive most of its warmth?
the earth
What kind of precipitation starts as ice crystals that melt slightly and then stick together and freeze together as snowflakes?
wet snow
Where is the safest place to be in a thunderstorm?
inside
clouds make of very small ice crystals
cirrus
Water vapor condenses and forms frozen water on the ground
frost
What causes wind?
temperature differences
What kind of precipitation starts as ice crystals that melt into raindrops and then refreeze in the air and land on the earth as tiny pieces of ice?
sleet
What do we call the noise we hear when superheated air expands rapidly?
thunder
sheets of clouds that often produce rain
stratus
What causes dew and frost?
condensation
over 1000 miles per hour
What kind of precipitation starts as pieces of ice that are tossed around in the cloud until they are too heavy and finally fall to the earth?
hail
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a cloud from which rain falls
nimbus
When the air is saturated, was is the relative humidity?
100%
The three major wind systems
trade winds
polar easterlies
prevailing westerlies