The state of things
The term for a substance going from a solid to a liquid.
What is Melting ?
The name for water vapor that touches the cooler ground and turns to liquid
What is Dew ?
Name the three types of high level clouds
What are Cirrus, Cirrocumulus and Cirrostratus
The term for the movement of water from the earth's surface, into the air, and back to the surface
What is the Water Cycle ?
The term for the year round atmospheric conditions of a certain place
What is Climate?
The term for when a gas becomes a liquid.
What is Condensation ?
The name for type of fog that is found on the slopes of mountains
What is Upslope Fog ?
Name the type of cloud forms a forms a flat gray layer of heavy clouds not far above the ground
What is Stratus ?
The temperature at which cooling air becomes saturated is called this.
What is Dew Point ?
The term for the study of weather and atmospheric conditions that make weather
What is meteorology ?
The term for a small particle around which airborne water vapor turns into liquid
What is Condensation nucleus ?
This is a mixture of smoke and fog
What is Smog ?
The term for an an almond or lens shaped cloud
What is Lenticular ?
The name for water vapor that touches the ground and turns to ice
What is Frost ?
Relative humidity will _______ when the temperature of air rises
What is decrease ?
The term for the process that a liquid becomes a gas.
What is Evaporation ?
This is a thick brown haze that results from gases released into the air by vehicles, factories and plants.
What is Photochemical smog
Name the four types of low level clouds.
What is Stratus, Stratocumulus, Cumulus and Cumulonimbus
The name for air that is completely full of water vapor and can hold no more.
What is Saturated Air ?
The term for amount of water vapor in the air.
What is Humidity ?
The term for the ratio comparing the actual humidity to the humidity of saturated air
What is Relative Humidity ?
This is is the most frequent type of cloud.
What is Cumulus
Name the three types of Mid-Level clouds
What are Nimbostratus, Altostratus and Altocumulus ?
The three major factors that determine weather are heat energy, the uneven distribution of heat energy, and this.
What is Water Vapor ?
Clouds for as a result of this.
What is adiabatic heating ?