hydrogen cycle Flashcards

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large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals

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clouds

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height and types of cirrus cloud rgoup

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above 20,000 feet
cirrus
cirrostratus
cirrocumulus

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alto

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6, 500 to 20, 000 feet
altostratus
altocumulus

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stratus

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up to 6, 500 feet
stratus
stratocumulus
nimbostratus

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clouds with vertical growth

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cumulus
cumulonimbus

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special clouds

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mammatus
lenticular
fog
contrails

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most common of the high clouds. composed of ice and are thin, wispy clouds blown in high winds into long streamers.

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cirrus clouds

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when you see this cloud, it usually indicates that a change in the weather will occur within 24 hours

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cirrus clouds

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thin, sheetlike high clouds that often cover the entire sky. usually come 12-24 hours before a rain or snow storm

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cirrostratus clouds

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appear as small, rounded white puffs that appear in long rows. the small ripples in the cirrocumulus clouds sometime resemble the scales of a fish

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cirrocumulus clouds

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in tropical regions, they may indicate an approaching hurricane

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cirrocumulus clouds

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gray or blue-gray mid level clouds composed of ice crystals and water droplets. often form ahead of storms with continuous rain or snow

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altostratus

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mid level clouds that are made of water droplets and appear as gray puffy masses. if you see this on a warm sticky morning, be prepared to see thunderstorms late in the afternoon

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altocumulus clouds

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uniform grayish clouds that often cover the entire sky. they resemble fog that doesn’t reach the ground

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stratus

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low, puffy, and gray. most form in rows with blue sky visible in between them. rain rarely occurs with this kind of clouds however, they can turn into nimbostratus clouds

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stratocumulus clouds

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form a dark gray, wet looking cloudy layer associated with continuously falling rain or snow. they often produce precipitation that is usually light to moderate

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nimbostratus clouds

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white, puffy clouds that look like pieces of floating cotton. often called FAIR-WEATHER CLOUDS. the base is flat and the top of each cloud has rounded towers.

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cumulus clouds

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thunderstorm clouds. high winds can flatten the top into an anvil-like shape. associated with heavy rain

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cumulonimbus clouds

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low hanging bulges that droop from cumulonimbus clouds. usually associated with severe weather

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caused by a wave wind pattern created by the mountains. look like discs or flying saucers that form near mountains

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lenticular clouds

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cloud on the ground. composed of billion of tiny water droplets floating in the air.

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condensation trails left behind jet aircrafts

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often associated with sever weather. it is thought to have something to do with having a high amount of liquid water drops and hail inside the clouds

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green clouds

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small, ragged clouds fragments that are usually found under an ambient cloud base. they form or have broken off from a larger clouds, and are generally sheared by strong winds, giving them a jagged appearance

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fractus clouds

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main parts of water cycle
evaporation and transpiration condensation precipitation collection
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process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water. crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds
condensation
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any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds
precipitation
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main forms of precipitation
rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel, and hail
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precipitation that falls the surface of the Earth as water droplets
rain
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refers to liquid raindrops that freezes when it hits the surface of the road or other object. it forms icicles
freezing rain
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rain that falls from the clouds but freezes before it reaches the ground
sleet
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frozen water vapor that falls to the ground
snow
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it is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam
evaporation
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process by which plants lose water out of their leaves. it gives evaporation a bit of a hand in getting the water vapor back up into the air.
transpiration
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water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land
collection
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how does the water cycle affect out lives
water to drink gardens weather
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the oceans contain __% of earth's water
97%
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winds move clouds through the atmosphere
advection
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snow and ice accumulate, later melting back into liquid water, or turning into vapor
accumulation, snowmelt, meltwater, sublimation, desublimation/deposition
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water flows above ground as runoff, forming streams, rivers, swamps, ponds, and lakes
surface runoff, channel runoff, reservoirs
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plants take up water from the ground, and later transpire it back into the air
plant uptake, interception, transpiration
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water is soaked into the ground, flows below it, and seeps back out enriched in minerals
infiltration, percolation, subsurface flow, aquifer, water table, seepage, spring, well
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