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13 Cards in this Set
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How do clouds form?
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clouds form by water in the air condensing into droplets
(they condense onto dust and other particles in the air, because as we know for condensation to occur the vapor needs something to condence on to) |
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What causes rain?
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Condensation leading to cloud droplets that form rain drops which fall through warm air
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What is hail?
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condensation leads to cloud droplets
they then freeze more cloud droplets collect around new ice crystal they then freeze this repeats over and over fall to the ground |
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What is percipitation?
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water particals in any form that fall from the atmosphere to the ground
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What first step do all types of percipitation have in common?
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condensation around a nucleus
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Name 4 types of percipitation.
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rain
sleet snow hail |
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What do rain drops become when they fall into cold temperatures near the ground?
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sleet
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What causes rain?
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Condensation leading to cloud droplets which then fall to the ground through warm air
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Name two types of percipitation that form high in the sky when cold droplets freeze.
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snow and hail
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What is sleet?
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Condensation leading to cloud droplets that form rain drops which fall through air at freezing temperatures
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What is snow?
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condensation from frozen water vapor which leads to ice crystals
Ice crystals grow forming snowflakes fall through the air |
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A snow flake forms by doing this around a nucleus.
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condensation around an ice crystal
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How do we show cloud cover on a weather station model? Describe this.
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we use cloud symbols
empty circle = clear solid circle = overcast 1/4 solid on the upper right = scattered clouds 1/2 solid on the right = partly cloudy 1/4 left unsolid on the upper left = mostly cloudy |