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| The process by which fast-moving molecules escape from a liquid to form water vapor |
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| The heat energy absorbed or released by a substance during a phase change |
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| The process in which water vapor changes into a liquid |
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| The condensation that occurs when air comes into contact with grass and cools |
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| The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas |
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| An instrument that measures relative humidity with two identical thermometers is a(an)..? |
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| Equals the rate of evaporation |
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| The dew point is the temperature at which the rate of condensation..? |
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| From where does most evaporation come? |
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| From where does most evaporation come? |
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| If the temperature stays the same and the air becomes more moist , the relative humidity will..? |
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| The mass of water vapor contained in a given volume of air is..? |
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| The base of the clouds marks the..? |
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| Between 2,000 and 6,000 m |
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| Where do middle clouds form? |
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| Upslope fog formms through..? |
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| Upslope fog formms through..? |
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| Forms along coasts when warm.moist air moves across a cold surface |
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| Have the highest altitude of any cloud in the sky |
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| Cover large areas of sky and often block out the sun |
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| Form at low altitudes with a top that resembles cotton balls |
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| It sometimes increases and sometimes decreases precipitation. |
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| What have Meteorologists concluded about cloud seeding..? |
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| The most common form of solid precipitation is..? |
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| What can form if rain falls through a layer of freezing air near the ground? |
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| The diameter of a normal raindrop is..? |
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| Precipitation in the form of lumps of ice is..? |
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| Cools a substance without changing its state |
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| Measures the amount of rainfall |
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| Combines small cloud droplets into large droplets |
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| Measures precipitation intensity |
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| Introduces condensation nuclei into a cloud |
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| A condition in which water is cooled below its freezing point without going through change of state is called..? |
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| The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas |
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| Any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from clouds |
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| Collection of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air |
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| The temperature at which condensation equals evaporation |
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| A mass of water vapor that condenses near the surface of Earth |
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| A suspended particle that provides a surface for condensation |
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| Heat energy that is absorbed or released during a phase during a phase change |
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| The mass of water vapor contained in a given volume of air |
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| The ratio of actual water vapor content of the air to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation |
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| Formation of a large droplet by the combination of small droplets |
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| In order to find out how intense precipitation will be,meteorologists use..? |
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| Precipitation formed in cumulonimbus clouds when convection currents repeatedly carry raindrops to high levels is..? |
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| Water vapor changes into a liquid in the process of..? |
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| The process in which the temperature of an air mass decreases as the air rises and expands is called..? |
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| Fog that results from the nightly cooling of Earth is called..? |
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| Large cloud formations associated with storm systems form by..? |
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| What forms when the dew point falls below freezing temperature of water and water vapor turns directly to ice? |
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| What is a low-altitude billowy cloud called? |
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