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The least common type of high-level cloud
What is a cirrocumulus cloud?
An extended period of heavy snow and high winds
What is a blizzard?
Water vapor whose temperature has dropped below the freezing point
What is supercooled?
This term refers to the temperature at which cooling air begins condensing
What is dew point?
The boundary between two air masses of different temperatures
What is a front?
Liquid precipitation that freezes when it hits the ground or another substance
What is freezing rain?
This process is usually responsible for cloud formation
What is adiabatic cooling?
When evaporation and condensation are occurring at the same rate, the air is
What is saturated?
A cloud that has a low-level base and a top composed of ice crystals
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
The area of the surface over which an air mass formed is the air mass's
What is the source region?
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When an area is receiving les precipitation than normal, it is undergoing
What is a meteorological drought?
The type of fog which occurs when wind heated by warm ocean water blows over cool ocean water
What is a sea fog?
The movement of water from the air to the earth's surface and back is the water cycle or
What is the hydrologic cycle?
A brownish haze that develops as complex molecules are broken down into ozone and other harmful substances
What is photochemical smog?
The type of precipitation which consists of drops of liquid water smaller than rain drops
What is a drizzle?
The type of fog which occurs due to adiabatic cooling of upward-moving air
What is upslope fog?
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The process in which plants release water into the atmosphere from their leaves
What is transpiration?
A front that has a cooler air mass behind, a warmer air mass ahead, and an even warmer air mass above is called this kind of occlusion
What is a cold occlusion?
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Frost forms from this kind of process
What is deposition?
The process which occurs when a liquid becomes a gas
What is evaporation?
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The scientific term for a gas becoming a liquid
What is condensation?
The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is the weather?
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The type of front which forms when a maritime polar air mass pushes into a continental tropical air mass
What is a cold front?
How does increasing the amount of water vapor in the air affect the air's density? Why?
What is it decreases density, because water molecules are lighter than air molecules?
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