Scientific terms
The point at which water condenses.
What is the dew point?
Clouds are formed as ___ rises and cools.
What is water vapor?
The range at which low altitude clouds form.
What is between 1,500 and 6,500 feet?
The large, classic, fluffy clouds that form at low altitudes.
What are cumulus clouds?
The land that Hector forms over.
Where are the Tiwi Islands in Australia?
The ratio of measured humidity to maximum humidity.
What is relative humidity?
One of the two ways mentioned that condensation can occur.
What are: lowering of temperature, and increase of vapor volume?
The upper extent of the troposphere.
What is approximately 13 kilometres?
High altitude, wispy clouds comprised primarily of ice.
What are cirrus clouds?
The kind of cloud Hector is.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
A parcel of air is said to be this if it cannot hold any more water vapor.
What is saturated?
The stratosphere is warmer for this reason.
What is ultaviolet radiation?
The range at which middle altitude clouds form.
What is between 6,500 to 20,000 feet?
High altitude, small and rounded clouds.
What are cirrocumulus clouds?
One of the reasons Hector forms regularly.
What are conflicting seabreezes?
A direct transition from gas to solid.
What is deposition?
Clouds stop forming at the tropopause for these reasons.
What is increased temperature and decreased humidity?
The range within which high altitude clouds form.
What is between 15,000 to 30,000 feet?
Towering clouds extending far into the sky with characteristic 'anvil head' tops.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The time period Hector was discovered in.
When is World War II?
A central solid object needed for liquid or solid transitions to occur.
What are condensation nuclei?
Clouds formed around mountains.
What are lenticular clouds?
The range within which cumulonimbus clouds form.
What is the troposphere?
The kinds of clouds found past the stratosphere.
What are no clouds?
Where Hector got his nickname, 'The Convector,' from.
What is atmospheric convection?