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| What is evaporation? | process of liquid changing to gas |
| What kind of cloud is made of ice crystals? | cirrus |
| What's the name of the 'thunderhead' cloud? | cumulonimbus |
| Describe a maritime tropical air mass. | warm, wet |
| What is an occluded front? | a warm air mass is trapped between 2 cold air masses |
| What are lines on a map connecting poins of equal atmospheric pressure called? | isobars |
| What are lines on a mapconnecting points of equal temperature called? | isotherms |
| What type of towering clod forms lightning and thunder? | cumulonimbus clouds or thunderheads |
| What forms clouds? | condensaton |
| What are four types of precipitation? | rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| What is humidity? | the amount of moisture in the air |
| What is dew point? | temperature at which condensation occurs |
| Describe a continental tropical mass. | warm, dry |
| What does cirro- mean? | high clouds; weather changes |
| What is climate? | weather patterns over several years |
| What is weather? | day-to-day changes in the atmosphere |
| Whay do breezes at the beach change direction when nighttime falls? | land temperature changes more quickly than water temperature |
| What three things do clouds need in order to form? | condensation nucei (smoke, dust), temperature of air is at or below dew point, air cools as it rises |
| What happens to pressure as altitude increases? | pressure decreases |
| Scientists have tried toa rtificially reproduce rain by dropping silver iodide particles into clouds. What part of cloud formation would these particles? | condensation nuclei |
| Why does ice float? | because its less dense than liquid water |
| Using pressure, describe how winds blow. | Wind blow from high to low pressure |
| What does a cold front look like on a map? | a line with blue points on it |
| How do you know which direction a cold front is moving? | in the direction of the point |
| Land breezes and sea breezes are created because...... | of the differences in the heat capacity between water and land |
| Out of the following, which would cause humidity to DECREASE? Thunderstorms, snow, rain, or dorught | drought |
| Which of the following is NOT an example of severve weather? | rain |
| What does a cumulus cloud look like? | separated puffy clouds |
| How do jet streams help pilots reach their destinations faster? | the wind and the plane have to be moving in the same direction |
| What is a warm front? | when a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass |
| From what location would a continental tropical air mass flow from? | Central America |
| From what location would a maritime tropical air mass flow from? | Gulf Mexico, South Pacific |
| What is a stationary front? | when 2 air masses meet but neither is displaced |
