Daily Temperature Variations
Fog
Evaporation, Condensation and Saturation
Humidity
Clouds
100
Why does initial heating only warm the air immediately above the ground?
What is air being a poor conductor of heat.
100
True or False:
Fog is a type of high-laying cloud that forms near mountains?
what is false
100
What is the process of water turning into water vapor called?
What is Evaporation
100
What is humidity?
what is the amount of water vapor in the air
100
True or False:
Fog is a type of cumulus cloud.
what is false
200
At what time does the daily high temperature usually occur?
what is between 3-5 pm
200
Forms when moist air is forced to ascend (go up) a mountain or hillside, cooling as it rises, which causes the moisture in the air to condense into fog.
what is up-slope fog
200
What is the effect of cooling on air in terms of water vapor?
what is that it increases the likelihood of saturation.
200
The_______________ tells us how close the air is to being saturated.
what is relative humidity
200
what is a cumulus cloud
300
What conditions promote strong inversions during nighttime?
what is Calm air, dry air, and cloud-free nights
300
Which of the following is a type of particulate matter in the air?
what is dust or smoke or particles
300
Saturation is more likely to occur in ___1______ air than _______2________ air.
what is 1- cool
2- warm
300
a change in relative humidity can happen in two ways.
a change in :
1. ______________
2. ________________
what is temperature and water content
300
what does the prefix cirro mean?
what is feathery, wispy, curl of hair
400
What role do clouds play in nighttime cooling?
what is they act like a blanket and block heat release.
400
Type of fog that forms when warm, moist air moves over a cooler surface, causing the moisture in the air to condense.
what is advection fog
400
What is air with 100% relative humidity said to be?
what is saturated
400
As the air cools during the night, the relative humidity ____________.
what is increases
400
What would be the name of a high, puffy cloud.
what is cirrocumulus
500
What is albedo?
what is the percentage of insolation reflected
500
What happens when warm air moves quickly over condensation nuclei?
what is that it bounces away from the nuclei
500
What happens when the air is saturated on a molecular level?
what is when the number of molecules escaping from the water surface equals the number returning.
500
Compare the mass of the water vapor inside the parcel with the remaining dry air in the parcel.
what is the mixing ratio
500
What kind of cloud is this?
what is a cumulonimbus cloud.