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These clouds indicate fair weather.
What is Cumulus clouds?
100
A ________ forms where cold air moves under warm air, which is less dense! and pushes the warm air up.
What is cold front?
100
A large rotating tropical weather system that has wind speeds of at least 120km is called ______
What is hurricanes
100
What's missing? Evaporation, precipitation, collection(runoff)
What is condensation?
100
Before rain droplets fall, they must become_____times there own size.
What is 100
200
___________ form during strong winds and can indicate a change in weather.
What is Cirrus clouds?
200
A front that forms when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses.
What is occluded fronts?
200
_____can produce high winds, hail, flash floods, and tornadoes.
What is severe thunderstorms.
200
____ is the water, in solid or liquid form that falls from the air to the earth.
What is precipitation
200
____forms when rain falls through a layer of freezing air
What is sleet
300
Thin, feathery white clouds at high altitudes are _______.
What is Cirrus clouds?
300
A front that forms when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass.
What is stationary fronts?
300
A _____is a small! spinning column of air that has high wing speeds and low central pressure and that touches the ground.
What is tornadoes?
300
_____ occurs when water vapor cools and changes from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation
300
Lumps of ice that fall from cumulonimbus clouds.
What is hail
400
Puffy, white clouds that tend to have flat bottoms are _____.
What is Cumulus clouds?
400
This front can move quickly and bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, or snow.
What is cold fronts?
400
_____ is an electric discharge that occurs between positively charged area and a negatively charged area.
What is lightning?
400
_____ water, usually precipitation, that flows across the land and collects in other bodies of water.
What is runoff/collection
400
______ is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
500
Clouds that cover large portions of the sky and often Bloch the sun.
What is Stratus clouds?
500
This front bring drizzly rain and are followed by clear and warm weather.
What is warm fronts?
500
_________ are small intense weather systems that produce strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder.
What is thunderstorms?
500
_____ occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
500
________ is the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a set temperature.
What is relative humidity