Chapter 23 Study Notes Water in the Atmosphere

1  A cloud whose name has the prefix ____- or the suffix –nimbus is ___________. nimbo nimbo rain-producing rain-producing

2  An instrument that measures precipitation by bouncing radio waves off rain or snow is ____________ ________. Doppler radar Doppler radar

3  An instrument that measures relative humidity with two identical thermometers is a ________. psychrometer. psychrometer.

4  Cloud _______ sometimes ________ and sometimes _______ precipitation. seeding seeding increases increases decreases decreases

5  Clouds that begin to form at very _____ altitudes, covering large areas of sky and often blocking out the sun, are ____ clouds. low low stratus stratus

6  Clouds that often bring _______ are_____________. thunderstorms thunderstorms cumulonimbus cumulonimbus

7  ______ is the process in which water _____ changes into a liquid. Condensation Condensation vapor vapor

8  ________ ______ are ice and dust particles. Condensation Condensation nuclei nuclei

9  ________ ______ must be present in order for clouds to form. Condensation Condensation nuclei nuclei

10  _____ is the process by which fast-moving molecules escape from a ______ to form water vapor. Evaporation Evaporation liquid liquid

11  If enough energy is ______ by liquid water the water will change to a ____. absorbed absorbed gas gas

12  If the temperature stays the same and the air becomes _____ moist, the relative humidity will ________. more more increase increase

13  In cloud seeding, _______ crystals are used as freezing nuclei. silver-iodide silver-iodide

14  __________ _______ is the heat energy absorbed or released by a substance during a _________ change. Latent heat Latent heat phase phase

15  Most _________ comes from _____ oceans. evaporation evaporation equatorial equatorial

16  Precipitation in the form of ____ of ice is ____. lumps lumps hail hail

17  Precipitation that occurs when rain falls through a layer of freezing air close to the ground is known as ____. sleet sleet

18  _________ is the process by which a ____ changes directly into a ___. Sublimation Sublimation solid solid gas gas

19  Technology that can save lives by ______ people of an approaching storm is Doppler ______. warning warning radar radar

20  The _____ of the clouds marks the ________ _______. base base condensation level condensation level

21  The clouds with the _____ altitude of any clouds in the sky are _____ clouds. highest highest cirrus cirrus

22  The condensation that occurs when air comes into contact with _______ and cools is called _____. grass grass dew dew

23  The ______ point is the temperature at which the rate of _______ equals the rate of evaporation. dew dew condensation condensation

24  The most ______ form of solid precipitation is ____. common common snow snow

25  The most _______ in the atmosphere is found over air near places like Hawaii that are ____ the equator. moisture moisture near near

26  The process of ____ formation that occurs when one body of moist air combines with another body of moist air with a different temperature is called ______. cloud cloud mixing mixing

27  The process that causes _____ formation when a moving mass of air meets a mountain range is called _____. cloud cloud lifting lifting

28  When the air ________ decreases, the rate of ______ decreases. temperature temperature evaporation evaporation

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