Clouds
Clouds form through ________.
What is condensation?
Which is the most common type of cloud?
What is a cumulus cloud?
________ happens in the troposphere.
What is weather?
From Water to sky: is what process?
What is evaporation?
an instrument to record the amount of rainfall in a given area
What is a rain gauge?
A cloud that often looks like a big white feather in the sky
What is a cirrus cloud?
How many types of clouds are there?
What is 3 but in reality there are about 10 different types of cloud if we are specific
Which atmosphere is closest to earth?
What is the troposphere?
Forms of Water falling from the sky...
What is precipitation?
an instrument for measuring temperature
What is a thermometer?
Clouds are made of _____.
What is water vapor?
Weather happens in the ______.
What is the troposphere?
The troposphere is how many miles away from the poles?
What is 7?
Water vapor in the sky is cooled to do this process:
What is condensation?
- the movement of air from 1 place to another
What is wind?
The higher the _____, the higher the cloud.
What is an air parcel?
Which cloud can most likely produce thunderstorms?
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
A scientist that studies the weather?
What is the meteorlogist?
When the energy is being transferred out of the air parcel. What is happening to the temperature?
What is cooling/ colder?
We learned about two types of rain
Oragraphic, Frontal
100* if they say conventional rain
Approximately how low can a stratus cloud go?
What is 6,500 feet?
What factors would a storm have to be a severe one? Think about Galetown
What is really warm air, lots of surface water the air parcel needs to travel higher in the troposphere and wind?
Approximately how high, would we be able to find a Cirrus cloud?
What is 65,000 feet?
______ forms when water freezes in a cold climate region and gathers.
What is snow?
Explain Cloud Seeding? Is this a good thing?
Cloud seeding involves manipulating existing clouds to help produce more rain.
This can be done by using aircraft to drop small particles (like silver iodide) into clouds. Water vapor can then condense more easily and turn into rain.