1. Reading Quizzes Chapter 23

2. Reading quiz 23.1 1. What is the term used to describe the heat energy that is absorbed or released by a substance during a phase change? 2. What is the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation of a given temperature? 3. List the three phases of water in the atmosphere. 4. This term describes the process in which a solid is directly changed into a gas. 5. If there is a significant amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, we say that it is a very ____________ day!!!!!!

3. Reading Quiz 23.2 1. These are collections of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air. 2. What do we call a cloud that forms near the earth’s surface? 3. List two of the three basic cloud forms. 4. What is the process by which the temperature of an air mass decreases as the air mass rises and expands. 5. This type of cloud is a low-level, billowy cloud that commonly has a top that resembles cotton balls and a dark bottom.

4. Reading Quiz 23.3 1. What is any moisture that falls from the air to the Earth’s surface? 2. List two types of precipitation. 3. What is one of the two natural processes that cause precipitation. 4. What is the term used to describe the formation of a large droplet by the combination of smaller droplets? 5. True or False. Doppler Radar measures the intensity of precipitation?

5. Reading Quiz 23.2 & 23.3 1. What do we call a cloud that forms near the earth’s surface? 2. List two of the three basic cloud forms. 3. List two types of precipitation. 4. What is the term used to describe the formation of a large droplet by the combination of smaller droplets? 5. True or False. Doppler Radar measures the intensity of precipitation?