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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a ....... cloud?!
ICE ICE Baby
It goes around in a circle
NRG transformed
Rando
100
What is the name of a big puffy cloud?
Cumulus
100
What is not a form of winter precipitation
Hail
100
The processes of liquid water changing into water vapor (gas)
Evaporation
100
Energy from the sun reaches earth through what process
Radiation
100
Describe the height and shape of this cloud Cirrocumulus
High, puffy/round
200
What type of cloud predicts a weather change within 12-24 hours
Cirrus
200
This type of precipitation becomes a solid before hitting the ground.
Sleet
200
This processes is a factor in cloud formation
Condensation
200
This occurs when molecules must touch to pass energy
Conduction
200
This step in the water cycle occurs because the troposphere gets colder the higher the altitude
Condensation
300
What is found in the middle, grey or blue-grey, cover the whole sky
Altostratus
300
What form of precipitation freezes on contact with the surface
Freezing Rain
300
This water collects in underground reservoirs
Groundwater
300
This process occurs best in liquids and gasses
Convection
300
Fluids tend to move from areas of ....
High Pressure to Low Pressure
400
What type of cloud is associated with rain but not severe storms?
What is nimbostratus
400
This type of winter precipitation needs the same conditions from cloud to ground
Snow
400
More moisture is found in the atmosphere around Rain Forests due to this process
Transpiration
400
What percent of heat energy in our atmosphere is from the sun?
99%
400
What is the source of all energy in our atmosphere?
Sun
500
What two conditions are required for clouds to form
Condensation Particles (smoke & dust)
500
This type of precipitation forms when a air mass at ground level is above 32*F
Rain
500
This processes can contribute to sediment build up and contamination of water ways
Runoff
500
What process allows for cumulonimbus clouds and hail to form
Convection
500
What is 0* Celsius
the freezing point of water