What is condensation?

Water vapor that starts to form to a liquid

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets near the ground.

what is a condensation Nuclei?

Tiny particles, dust, pollen, ash, provide surface for water to condense on

The temperature at which condensation begins.

When does freezing rain freeze?

When it lands (on a cold surface)

What is a temperature inversion?

a layer of warm air that lies atop a layer of cooler air

what is the wet adiabatic laspe rate?

Rate at which wet air cools as altitude increases

Water warms and changes from liquid water to water vapor.

What is relative humidity?

amount of water vapor in air compared to what it can hold

when temperatures freeze from the sky to the ground

lifting of air mass over a mountain

What is frontal wedging

Warmer less dense air is forced over cooler denser air

Relative humidity can be changed by ___.

adding/removing water vapor and changing air temperature

What is dry adiabatic lapse rate?

Rate at which unsaturated air will cool as it rises

When does freezing rain occur?

temperature inversion with above and below freezing temperatures at surfac

A visible mass of condensed water vapor.

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1
What is condensation?
water leaves the ground and is turned into water vapor
an invisible gas
rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground
Water vapor that starts to form to a liquid
2
What is fog?
Unicorn breath.
A thick cloud of tiny water droplets near the ground.
A lot of dust in the air.
Smoke from factories that pollute the air.
3
what is a condensation Nuclei?
temperature cools to dew point temperature condensation
condensation
warm, moist air rises.
Tiny particles, dust, pollen, ash, provide surface for water to condense on
4
What is Dew Point ?
When water changes into clouds.
The temperature at which condensation begins.
When a rainbow is formed.
5
When does freezing rain freeze?
In the cloud
When it lands (on a cold surface)
After it lands
While falling
6
How can relative humidity be measured?
using the water cycle
using a psychrometer
using a scale
using a thermometer
7
Unstable air
tends to rise
resists rising
8
A change in state requires a change in _____________.
Volume
Atoms
Mass
Temperature
9
What is a temperature inversion?
a layer of warm air that lies atop a layer of cooler air
temperature that will inverse
A cooler air that lays atop of the warm air near by
Warmer air <br>that lays below the cooler air
10
what is the wet adiabatic laspe rate?
Rate at which temperature increases as altitude increases
Rate at which dry air cools as altitude increases
Temperature change caused by compression or expansion of gas. no heat loss
Rate at which wet air cools as altitude increases
11
What is sublimation?
Gas to liquid
liquid to gas
Solid to liquid to gas
Solid to gas
12
What is Evaporation?
Water warms and changes from liquid water to water vapor.
Water vapor meets cold air and changes back into liquid.
Water Freezes
Plants take in water from the soil.
13
When air expands
It rains
It cools down
it warms up
becomes heavier
14
what is localized convective lifting?
when pockets of hot air rise
when no air rises
when pockets of cold air rise
when pockets of both hot and cold air rise
15
Warm air can hold...
more water vapor
less water vapor
16
What is relative humidity?
water vapor that has condensed and precipitated
water vapor that is in the air
amount of water vapor in air compared to what it can hold
amount of water condensing on particles in the air
17
When does snow form?
when temperatures in the clouds are low
only in North America
only in the winter
when temperatures freeze from the sky to the ground
18
Clouds are classified by
air and water
size and shape
the amount of sun going through
form and height
19
Orographic lifting
lifting of air mass over a mountain
Causing a cold air mass to rise
Causing rain as an air mass drops
Causing a warm air mass to rise
20
What is frontal wedging
Cool less dense air is forced over warmer denser air
cool more dense air is forced over warmer less dense air
Warmer less dense air is forced over cooler denser air
warmer more dense air is forced over cooler less dense air
21
Relative humidity can be changed by ___.
changing the air temperature only
adding/removing water vapor and changing air temperature
changing the dew point
adding/removing water vapor only
22
What is dry adiabatic lapse rate?
Rate at which unsaturated air will cool as it rises
The height at which condensation occurs
Rate at which saturated air cools
23
What causes air to rise?
Condensing
Freezing
Cooling
Heating
24
When does freezing rain occur?
When there is a shallow layer below freezing air aloft.
temperature inversion with above and below freezing temperatures at surfac
When the deep layer above freezing air at the surface.
When there is a deep layer below freezing air at the surface.
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What is a cloud??
cotton candy, in the sky
A visible mass of condensed water vapor.
a cotton ball.

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