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The change of state from a gas to a liquid is called….
What is condensation?
100
What happens when air is compressed?
What is air molecules move faster and air temperature rises?
100
Which clouds are often associated with thunder and lighting?
What is Cumulonimbus?
100
Orographic lifting is associated with…
What is mountains?
100
When two temperatures read nearly the same on a psychrometer, you can conclude that…
What is the air has a high relative humidity?
200
The process of converting a liquid to a gas is know as ….
What is evaporation?
200
A temperature inversion occurs when air temperature _____ with height.
What is increases?
200
Which term means “rainy cloud”?
What is nimbus?
200
Most fogs are the result of what? (Two reasons)
What is movement of air over a cold surface and radiation cooling?
200
Water vapor makes up what fraction of atmospheric gases?
What is 0 to 4%?
300
A change in temperature to which air would have to be cooled to reach saturation is called….
What is dew point?
300
What is the dry adiabatic rate?
What is 10°C / 1000 Meters
300
Which cloud type consists of globular cloud masses with a cauliflower structure?
What is cumulus?
300
Cool air acts as a barrier over which warmer, less dense air rises, in a process known as…
What is frontal wedging?
300
Which gas is most important for understanding atmospheric processes?
What is water vapor?
400
The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called….
What is deposition?
400
Air that has reached its water-vapor capacity is said to be….
What is saturated?
400
These are examples of what: Dust, smoke, and salt particles
What is condensation nuclei?
400
Thermals are ____ parcels of warm air.
What is rising?
400
Energy that is stored or released during a change of state of water.
What is latent heat?
500
Which term describes the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing through the liquid state…
What is sublimation?
500
The wet adiabatic rate of cooling is less Than the dry rate because…
What is the release of latent heat.
500
Name three cloud types?
What is stratus, cumulus and cirrus?
500
What type of air lifting cause thunder storms?
What is convergence?
500
In what processes do freezing nuclei play a role?
What is the Bergeron Process?