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Dew forms when warm air cools below the freezing point. |
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Frost sublimates as temperatures drop below a subfreezing dew point. |
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Supercooled cloud droplets exist as liquid at many degrees below freezing. |
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Nimbus-type clouds often bring rain. |
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The horse latitudes exist only in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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The speed and direction of major wind systems are the results of pressure gradients, the Coriolis effect, and drag or friction. |
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The higher the temperature of the air, the more moisture it can hold. |
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Windchill doesn't actually lower the temperatures of exposed surfaces-it just makes the air feel colder. |
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A northeast wind is one that blows toward the northeast. |
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The three types of solid precipitation are snow, sleet, and ______. |
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The dew point is the temperature at which the relative humidity is equal to _______. |
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The local winds that blow from high up on mountain slopes into the valleys below at night are _______ breezes. |
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The air within a cyclonic system in the Northern Hemisphere moves in a ____________ direction. |
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Winds tend to curve over great distances because of the ________. |
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A(n) ________ is an instrument used to measure the humidity of the air. |
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An anemometer is an instrument that reports wind ________. |
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The Celsius temperature scale has _______ degrees between the boiling and freezing points of water. |
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Snow flakes in clouds form by the process of... |
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During hail, where does the water actually freeze? |
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high up within the rain cloud |
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During freezing rain, where does the water actually freeze? |
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when the water drop hits a solid object |
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All the following are forms of precipitation except
-dew
-hail
-rain
-snow |
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In what type of clouds does hail usually form? |
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Which type of cloud never produces rain? |
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What is the prefix used when naming mid-altitude cloud types? |
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If the dew point high in the troposphere is -3.0oC, then pollen grains and dust particles there will act as... |
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Water cannot enter the atmosphere by... |
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Sea breezes are caused by... |
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land absorbing the sun's energy more rapidly than water does. |
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The global winds that drive most weather in the United States are the... |
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Which of the following is not a property of an anticyclone in the Northern Hemisphere? |
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It is a low-pressure zone. |
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Wind typically blows from areas of _________ to areas of _______. |
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high pressure to low pressure |
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An instrument used to remotely measure precipitation and wind speeds in storms is a(n)... |
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What property of wind does an anemometer measure? |
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What kind of instrument measures atmospheric pressure? |
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The scientific study of the atmosphere is known as... |
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Unlike coal-fired and nuclear power plants, wind farms produce no adverse effects on the environment surrounding them. |
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Yes or No
Scientists chose the freezing and boiling points of water to anchor various temperature scales because they were easily reproducible in labs everywhere. |
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A northeast wind is one that blows toward the northeast. |
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Yes or No
Windchill doesn't actually lower the temperatures of exposed surfaces-it just makes the air feel colder. |
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Definition
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Yes or No
The higher the temperature of the air, the more moisture it can hold. |
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Yes or No
Anemometers mainly report wind direction. |
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Yes or No
The Coriolis effect increases as latitude increases. |
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Yes or No
The speed and direction of major wind systems are the results of pressure gradients, the Coriolis effect, and drag or friction. |
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Yes or No
The atmospheric region above the Equator creates an area of permanent high pressure. |
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Yes or No
The horse latitudes exist only in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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Yes or No
The winds that you feel from day to day are driven by the global wind patterns. |
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Yes or No
Chinooks and similar winds blow from high pressure in cold mountains to low pressure in lowlands, warming as they fall in altitude. |
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Some butterflies have migrated from Canada to Mexico. |
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Clouds are made of water vapor. |
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Yes or No
Adibabtic cooling is a kind of heat transfer by convection. |
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Yes or No
Nimbus-type clouds often bring rain. |
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Yes or No
Supercooled cloud droplets exist as liquid at many degrees below freezing. |
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Definition
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Yes or No
Dew forms when warm air cools below the freezing point. |
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Definition
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Yes or No
Frost sublimates as temperatures drop below a subfreezing dew point. |
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measures in psi, Pa, and other units |
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measures in compass degrees |
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measures in degrees C or F |
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Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:
frost forms here |
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Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:
hailstones form by convection in this environment |
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Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:
sleet forms in this part of the atmosphere |
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Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:
freezing rain becomes solid here |
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Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:
rain forms in these environments (two answers) |
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Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:
fog develops here |
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Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:
snow forms in this enviornment (two answers) |
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