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Miscellaneous Information
Clouds
Precipitation
Phase Changes
Vocabulary
100
Instrument used to measure rainfall
What is a rain gauge
100
Clouds that form at ground level
What is fog
100
The most common form of solid precipitation
What is snow
100
Phase change associated with the relative humidity lab showing a change in temperature on the wet bulb.
What is evaporation
100
Amount of moisture in the atmosphere
What is humidity
200
Instrument used to measure relative humidity
What is a sling psychrometer
200
A cloud that appears in the middle range has this prefix
What is alto
200
Rain that freezes when it hits the ground
What is glaze ice
200
Energy transfers in what form during a phase change
What is heat
200
Precipitation smaller than 0.5mm
What is drizzle
300
artificial production of rain
What is cloud seeding
300
Phase change that allows clouds to form
What is condensation
300
The approximate amount of snow associated with 1 inch of rainfall
What is 10 inches
300
A solid going to a liquid
What is melting
300
Temperature at which saturation of air occurs
What is dew point temperature
400
another name for ground fog
What is radiation fog
400
Clouds that produce thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus clouds
400
A layer of air with temperatures above freezing located above a layer of air of subfreezing temperatures produces what type of precipitation
What is sleet
400
A solid changes directly into a gas without passing through a liquid state
What is sublimation
400
forms on a mountain side due to changes in temperature
What is upslope fog
500
Daily Double: Temperature of the atmosphere changing without the addition or subtraction of heat
What is adiabatic temperature change
500
The name given to clouds produced above 6000m.
What is cirrus clouds
500
The size of what component inside a cloud determines the size of precipitation
What is condensation nuclei
500
The formation of frost on a windowpane is an example of what phase change
What is deposition
500
Liquid water below 0 degrees celsius
What is supercooling