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| the change from water vapor to liquid water |
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| the change from water vapor to liquid water |
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| the change from water vapor to liquid water |
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| the actual amount of of water vapor in the air at a given time a place |
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| air that contains so much water vapor that the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation |
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| how near the air is to its maximum capacity for holding water vapor |
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| the temperature at which saturation occurs and condensation begins |
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| material that water vapor to condense on; tiny particles in the air such as dust particles, salt particles, smoke particles, etc. |
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| fluffy clouds with flat bases |
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| high, feathery ice clouds |
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| the atmospheric level at which condensation occurs |
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| unsaturated air cools at a rate of about 10 degrees c per Kilometer |
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| moist-adiabatic lapse rate |
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| the rate at which saturated air cools as it rises |
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| any form of water that falls from a cloud to earth's surface |
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| raindrops that freeze on their way down to earth |
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| rain that freezes when it hits a surface colder than itself |
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| precipitation that forms inside a cloud; in the form of balls or irregular ice |
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| the force per unite of area that the earth's surface exerts as the weight of the atmosphere pushes upon earth's surface |
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| a line that joins points having the same air pressure |
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| the area defined by isobars when the air pressure steadily increases toward the center of a set of closed isobar |
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| if the air pressure steadily increases toward the center of a set of closed isobars, the area defined by the isobars is called a ____ |
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| closely spaced isobars on a weather map indicate an arew where air pressure changes quickly. dividing th epressure change by the distance over which the pressure changes yields the __________ |
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