1. Meteorology – Chapter 4 Review
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2. What is the hydrologic cycle?

3. What causes water/moisture to change states?

4. What is evaporation?

5. What is condensation?

6. What is sublimation?

7. What is humidity?

8. What causes ‘white frost’ to appear on windows or plants?

9. What is ‘relative humidity’ and how is it determined?

10. What causes ‘dew’ to form?

11. What is the ‘dew-point’ temperature?

12. How is the humidity measured? (how does this instrument work)

13. What is adiabatic temperature?

14. What causes air to be lifted?

15. What is orographic lifting?

16. What is frontal wedging?

17. What is convergence?

18. What causes air to be stable or unstable?

19. What is meant by ‘absolute stability’ of air?

20. What is meant by ‘absolute instability’ of air?

21. What is meant by ‘conditional instability’ of air?

22. The end