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Humidity
Precipitation
Grab Bag
Fish Hatchery
Clouds
100
The term used to describe the amount of moisture in the air?
What is Humidity
100
If the dew point and temperature are equal and below zero, what will result?
What is frost
100
High pressure mean that we will have a ____ day
What is nice weather
100
All of the ponds at the fish hatchery were dug by
What is hand
100
Convection currents of warm air rising and condensing on dust, smoke or salt.
What is how clouds form
200
The comparison of the amount of moisture in the air to the amount of moisture the air can hold is called
What is relative humidity
200
What term is used to describe any form of water that falls to the Earth?
What is precipitation
200
All cycles on Earth require energy. Where does the energy that drives the water cycle come from?
What is the sun
200
Sturgeon are a ________ fish
What is protected
200
Which type of cloud covers the sky in smooth layers and produces steady, light precipitation?
What is stratus
300
The temperature at which air will be saturated is called
What is dew point
300
Lumps or balls of ice that fall from cumulonimbus clouds
What is hail
300
Which process turns liquid water into a gas?
What is evaporation
300
An invasive plant that our guide told us about
What is spotted knapweed
300
Clouds that form in high altitudes and are made of ice crystals. They have a feather appearance.
What is cirrus clouds
400
a condition in which the rates of evaporation and condensation are equal
What is saturation
400
Tiny droplets of water move up and down in a could, Some collide with each other and combine.
What is how a rain drop forms
400
A low pressure zone near the equator
What is doldrums
400
Males fertilize the females eggs with
What is Milt
400
Which type of tall, puffy cloud is usually associated with thunderstorms?
What is cumulonimbus
500
The bigger the differences between the dry and wet bulb temperatures indicate __________ relative humidity.
What is lower
500
Rain that freezes into ice pellets WHILE IT IS FALLING through cold air.
What is sleet
500
Winds are caused by
What is the uneven heating of the Earth's surface.
500
A type of boat that uses electricity to stun the fish so the DNR can collect them.
What is a electro-shock boat
500
Air cools as it rises as it goes higher through the atmosphere. What will likely happen to the water vapor in the air when this happens?
What is becomes a liquid and condense onto dust to make clouds.