most of the water that evaporates into the atmosphere return to earth as
What is precipitation
100
A single cell thunderstorm cell usually last for less than
What is 30 minutes
100
Tornadoes start as the result of updrafts that form what
What is thunderstorm
100
A tool used by meteorologist to measure speed of winds and air masses
What is Doppler Radar
100
A weak version of a tornado
What is a dust devil
200
The most common form of precipitation
What is rain
200
A current of rising air
What is a Updraft
200
A funnel of air whirling both around and up
What is vortex
200
A device that collects data continuously all over the world and gives us an accurate global picture of the weather
What is a Weather satellite
200
A substance that does not conduct electricity very well
What is insulator
300
Process that deals with how rain is formed in cold clouds
What is Bergeron
300
As the updraft pulls more and more warm, moist air into the atmosphere, a rapidly growing cumulus cloud begins to form. What stage of the thunderstorm is this.
What is the cumulus stage
300
When the funnel of air touches the ground it starts what stage of the tornado
What is organizing
300
Thin black lines on a weather map
What is isobars
300
A tropical disturbance in which the rotating winds reach a speed of 74 miles per hour is called
What is tropical cyclone
400
Formed when ice crystal or raindrop is blown back into the cloud by an upward gust of wind
What is Hail
400
In what stage of the thunderstorm does water droplets and/or ice crystals become too large for the updraft and it begins to rain.
What is mature stage
400
Hurricanes are more properly called what
What are tropical cyclones
400
A thick line on a weather map that has ovals on one side and triangles on another represents
What is stationary front
400
Although not considered precipitation, two other means by which water can leave the atmosphere are
What is dew and frost
500
In warm clouds meteorologist think that rain forms according to what process
What is collision-coalescence process
500
Thunderstorms are best known for two effects that always accompany one another.
What is thunder and lightning
500
The most pronounced feature of a hurricane
What is its eye
500
A line that has both ovals and circles on the same side
What is an occluded front
500
Jerky movement of negative charges from clouds attracted by positive forces on the ground