Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation

Question 1

What is humidity

Answer 1

measure of water vapor in the air

Question 2

Relative humidity

Answer 2

amount of water vapor in the air relative to the amount the air can hold

Question 3

Water condensation

Answer 3

clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid water or ice

Question 4

What is the temperature called at which condensation happens

Answer 4

dew point

Question 5

What must be present in the sir in order for water vapor to condense

Answer 5

tiny particles

Question 6

Where can water droplets and ice crystals form on

Answer 6

particles of 
dust
salt
smoke
solids such as windows and grass

Question 7

Liquid water that condenses is

Answer 7

dew

Question 8

liquid ice that condenses is

Answer 8

frost

Question 9

Types of clouds

Answer 9

cirrus
cumulus
stratus

Question 10

Cirrus clouds are

Answer 10

thin and wispy, they form at high altitudes where temp. are low

Question 11

Cirrus clouds are made of

Answer 11

ice crystals

Question 12

Cirrocumulus clouds

Answer 12

are small and puffy and appear in rows

Question 13

Cumulus clouds

Answer 13

are round and puffy

Question 14

Where cumulus clouds form

Answer 14

close to the surface, only about 1-1.5 miles up

Question 15

Cumulonimbus clouds can extend to

Answer 15

more than 10 miles up in the sky

Question 16

Stratus clouds

Answer 16

large flat layers
are usually dull and gray in color
cover all or most of the sky
may drizzle, rain or snow

Question 17

Fog

Answer 17

clouds that form near the ground

Question 18

Sleet is

Answer 18

raindrops that freeze into ice pellets less than 5mm in diameter

Question 19

Freezing rain

Answer 19

when touches a cold surface and freezes

Question 20

Snow

Answer 20

ice crystals that fall from sky

Question 21

Snowflakes form around

Answer 21

particles in atmosphere

Question 22

Hail

Answer 22

ice more than 5mm in diameter

Question 23

Hail forms in

Answer 23

cumulus clouds during thunderstorms