lesson 5- major atmospheric processes

Question 1

Cloud names:
clouds at top?
clouds in middle?
lower clouds/ rain clouds?
‘scratchy clouds’?
‘fluffy clouds’?
-scratchy rain clouds?
-fluffy rainstorms?

Answer 1

-cirrus
-alto
-nimbus
-stratus
-cumulus
-nimbo stratus
-cumulo nimbus

Question 2

what is transpiration?

Answer 2

trees giving off water vapor through their stomatas

Question 3

what is infiltration?

Answer 3

water penetrating the soil

Question 4

what is perculation?

Answer 4

water entering cracks in rocks from the soil

Question 5

what is throughflow?

Answer 5

water passes through aquifers- permeable materials

Question 6

formation of clouds and thunderstorms

Answer 6

-warm air rises, and water vapour in it condenses into particles called cloud condensation nuclei, releases latent heat into atmosphere
-this heat warms the surrounding air causing instability, which increases cloud height, and may lead to thunderstorms