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Humidity
Precipitation and clouds
Air masses and fronts
storms
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measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
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how do clouds form
when water vapor condenses to form liquid water
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a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure is called an
What is an air mass
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what is a storm
a violent disruption in the atmosphere
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temperature at which condensation begins
What is dew point
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percentage of water vapor in air compared to the maximum amount if water vapor air can hold at a particular temoperature
What is relative humidity
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what are the two conditions needed for clouds to form?
cooling of air and presence of particles in the air
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what are the 4 major types of air masses?
What is maritime tropical, maritime polar, continental tropical, continental polar?
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the main types of storms are
thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms.
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a scientist that studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it
Who is a meteorologist
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relative humidity is measured with ___
What is a phychrometer
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What are the 3 main types of clouds and what are they classified by
cirrus, cumulus, and stratus and they are classified by shape.
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the boundary where air masses meet but do not mix.
What is a front
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a small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent lightning and thunder
What is a thunderstorm
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the continuous movement of water between Earth's atmosphere and surface is water cycle
What is the water cycle
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when relative humidity is 100% it is ___
saturated
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precipitation is
any form if water that falls from clouds and reaches earths surface
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what are the 4 types of fronts?
warm front, cold front, occluded front, stationary front
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a rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earths surface
What is a tornado
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the process in which water molecules in liquid water absorbs energy and escapes into air as water vapor
What is evaporation
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warm air holds ____ water vapor than cold air
more
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the common types of precipitation includes
rain snow hail sleet and freezing rain
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a swirling center of low air pressure
What is a cyclone
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a tropical cyclone that has winds of 119 kilometer or higher
What is a hurricane
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what is occluded?
when air masses are cut off