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Misolaneous
Humidity
Cloud Formation
Cloud Types & Precipitation
Understanding Air Pressure
100
Any form water that falls from a cloud
What is precipitation
100
The general term for the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
100
When air is allowed to expand, it cools, and when it is compressed, it warms
What is adiabatic temperature changes
100
How are clouds classified?
based off of their form and height
100
The pressure exerted by the weight of air
What is air pressure
200
The most important gas in the atmosphere
What is water vapor
200
The temperature to which a parcel of air would need to be cooled to reach saturation.
What is dew point
200
Name a mechanism that can cause air to rise
What is orographic lifting, frontal wedging, convergence, localized convective lifting
200
Clouds that are high, white, and thin
What is cirrus clouds
200
A device used for measuring air pressure
What is a barometer
300
The energy absorbed or released during a change in state
What is latent heat
300
An instrument to measure relative humidity
What is a hygrometer
300
When does orographic lifting occur
When mountains act as barriers to the flow of air, forcing air to rise
300
Clouds that consist of rounded individual cloud masses
What is cumulus clouds
300
The result of horizontal differences in air pressure
What is wind
400
The process of changing a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation
400
A hygrometer with dry and wet bulb thermometers
What is a physometer
400
If one side of the mountain is grassy, what is the other side of the mountain?
What is a desert
400
Clouds that are best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky
What is stratus clouds
400
What generates pressure differences?
What is unequal heating
500
The process where a gas, like water vapor, changes to a liquid, like water
What is condensation
500
varies with temperature
What is humidity
500
The boundary between two adjoining air masses having contrasting characteristics
What is a front
500
Occur 6000m above the ground
What is high clouds
500
The ultimate energy source for most wind
What is solar radiation