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1
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*Name low-level clouds-

A

Cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus, statuscumulus,

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*Name mid-level clouds-

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NIMBOSTRATUS, altocumulus, altostratus

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*Name high-level clouds-

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CIRROSTRATUS, Cirrus, cirrocumulus

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4
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Which type of air mass brings cool, wet weather?________________________

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Maritime polar

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5
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Which type of front forms when a warm air mass moves into a region occupied by a cold air mass?__________________________

A

Warm front

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6
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Which type of front forms a Y shape?__________________________

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occluded front

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7
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What type of drought occurs when precipitation cannot supply enough moisture to the ground to support an area’s crops? _________________________________

A

agricultural drought

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8
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What type of drought is based on a water shortage’s effect on people?____________________________________

A

socioeconomic drought

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9
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Cooling air becomes saturated at a temperature called the________________________

A

dew point

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10
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Which type of cloud forms a flat, gray layer of heavy clouds not far above the ground____________________

A

stratus

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11
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Precipitation made of ice crystals that fall to the ground is called________________

A

snow

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12
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*When the temperature of air rises, relative humidity will___________________

A

decrease

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13
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The process of liquid becoming a gas________________________

A

evaporation

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14
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Which type of air mass brings warm, moist weather?_________________________________

A

maritime tropical

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15
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The movement of water from the earth’s surface, into the air, and back to the surface is the ________________ cycle

A

water

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16
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An ______________ air mass brings very cold and dry weather.

A

Arctic

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17
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*The year-round atmosphere conditions typical of a certain place are its___________________

A

climate

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18
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An almond-shaped cloud is a ______________________________

A

lenticular cloud

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19
Q

A low that forms along a front is called a ___________________________________

A

frontal cyclone

20
Q

List 3 factors that affect the density of an air mass________,__________,__________

A

temperature, humidity, pressure

21
Q

What is the study of weather and of the atmosphere conditions that produce weather?________________________

A

meteorology

22
Q

What phenomenon occurs when an area receives an abnormally low amount of precipitation over a loooong period of time?_________________________

A

drought

23
Q

What type of phenomenon occurs when an air mass remains stationary over a region for a loooong time?________________________________

A

air-mass weather

24
Q

What is a mixture of smoke and fog called?_____________________

A

smog

25
Q

What is rain that freezes before it hits the ground?__________________

A

sleet

26
Q

What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?_________________

A

humidity

27
Q

Which type of front forms when 2 air masses push against each other but neither advances?_______________________

A

stationary front

28
Q

A substance going from a solid to a liquid is____________________

A

melting

29
Q

Water vapor in the air that touches the cooler ground and turns to liquid is_______________

A

dew

30
Q

Water vapor in the air that touches the ground and turns to ice is_______________

A

frost

31
Q

Ice crystals in clouds that grow large enough to fall to the ground are_____________________

A

snowflakes

32
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*White, billowy clouds that resemble piles of cotton puffs are_________________________

A

cumulus

33
Q

Drops of liquid water that have a diameter of 0.5 millimeter or greater and fall from the clouds to the Earth are called_____________________

A

rain

34
Q

Air that is completely full of water vapor and can hold no more is considered_______________________

A

saturated

35
Q

*The most frequent type of cloud is______________________

A

stratocumulus

36
Q

Snowflakes with white, feathery branches forming a leaf- or star-shaped pattern are________________________

A

dendrites

37
Q

What type of fog is found along the slopes of mountains?______________________

A

upslope fog

38
Q

Layered balls of ice?_________________________

A

hailstones

39
Q

The ratio comparing the actual humidity to the humidity of saturated air under the same conditions is ____________________________________

A

relative humidity

40
Q

*Airborne water vapor cannot turn into liquid without a small particle called a_______________________

A

condensation nucleus

41
Q

A thick, brownish haze that results from complex molecules released into the air by vehicles and some factories and plants is________________________________

A

photochemical smog

42
Q

A large body of air with relatively uniform properties is a(n)____________________________

A

air mass

43
Q

The 3 major factors that determine the earth’s weather are__________,___________,_________

A

heat energy, uneven distribution of heat energy, water vapor

44
Q

List 2 processes that form rain________________,_______________

A

Bergeron process, collision-coalescence process

45
Q

A cloud forms when a body of rising air reaches the __________ point.

A

dew

46
Q

Clouds consist of tiny _______ ______________ or droplets of liquid water.

A

ice crystals

47
Q

Most clouds result from _______________________ cooling of moist air.

A

adiabatic

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