| A | B |
|---|
| condensation | change from a gas to a liquid |
| dew point | temp. at which condensation occurs |
| condensation nuclei | tiny particles on which condensation occurs |
| frost | forms when dew point is below freezing |
| curl of hair | meaning for latin word cirrus |
| heap | meaning for latin word cummulus |
| layer | meaning for latin word stratus |
| second highest | meaning of prefix alto |
| cirrus | type of clouds found at high altitudes |
| stratus | low layer clouds, blanketlike |
| rain | meaning for latin word nimbus |
| altocummulus | middle level clouds, heap like, sometimes called mackerel sky |
| cummulus | vertically developed heap like clouds |
| contrail | cloud made from exhaust of an airplane |
| cirrustratus | high level layered clouds that cause the moon or sun to have a halo-like appearance |
| fog | cloud that forms at ground level |
| advection fog | type of fog that forms when wind blows warm moist air over a cold surface |
| snow | precipitation that results when atmosphere is below freezing |
| sleet | precipitation that results when rain falls into a deep layer of feezing air at the earth's surface |
| freezing rain | precipitation that forms when rain falls into a shallow layer of feezing air at the earth's surface |
| damage to power lines & difficult to see (black ice) | name 2 ways freezing rain is dangerous to people |
| causes tree branches to snap, freezes grazing areas, freezes on animals | name 2 ways freezing rain is dangerous to the environment |
| hail | precipitation that forms when rain and ice pellets coexist in central updraft of vertically developed cloud |
| cummulonimbus | heap like rain making clouds |
| convection, convergence, fronts, topography | name 4 ways air can be lifted to form clouds |
| it gets cooler | what happens to the temp. of air as it rises |
