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Where is most of the fresh water on earth stored? |
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what is relative humidity? |
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Mass of water vapor in air divided by the mass of water vapor that the air can hold |
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if the air is warmer, what does it tell you about the relative humidity? |
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The relative humidity is lower |
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regarding water and its stages, what's the answer
condensation (think family guy episode where peter goes to england) |
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water vapor condenses into liquid water |
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what happens to air parcel that ascends from near the ground surface to higher altitudes? |
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Air parcel expands and cools at higher altitudes |
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what is the following illustration demonstrating? |
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which of the following conditions results in a stable atmosphere? |
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Rising air parcel has a higher adiabatic rate than the environmental lapse rate |
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the average rate at which a sending, water saturated air cools by expansion is called? |
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an air mass is classified as maritime polar (mP) will most likely be
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an occluded front occurs when
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Two bodies of cold air collide, forcing the warm air between them to rise so that the latter is no longer in contact with the ground |
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which of the following statements regarding storm tracks is false? |
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Average storm track shift northward into Canada during the winter and southward into the US during the summer |
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strong under storms, lightning and tornadoes are usually associated with
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which of the following statements is not one of the steps leading to hurricane formation? |
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Strong wind aloft shears off the top of the developing cycle |
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