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23 Cards in this Set
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The driving force that makes the water cycle "go" is the....
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sun
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What makes rain come down?
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gravity
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What makes water evaporate from oceans, rivers, and lakes?
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sun
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Hydroelectric energy really gets its energy from the....
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sun
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Process of plants taking in water for photosynthesis and then emitting it during respiration is called....
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transpiration
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Water that does not soak into the ground is called....
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runoff
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Water that soaks into the ground is called ___ and it stays in an ____.
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groundwater
aquifer |
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When moist air at the ground rises, the pressure ____, causing the temperature to _______, causing its relative humidity to ______.
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drops, drops, increase
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The amount of water that the air can hold for a specified temperature is the ...
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releative humidity
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The hotter air getts, the ____ water that will fit into a sample of air.
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more
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The temperature at which water will form on objects (usually at night) is called....
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dewpoint
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When air cools and humidity tries to exceed 100%, the water in the air will turn into...
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clouds and precipitation
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Examples of precipitation include...
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rain, snow, sleet, hail
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Air with low humidity is ___ air.
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dry
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There is a big difference in wet & dry thermometer bulbs when the air is very .....
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dry
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Why is there little difference between wet & dry thermometer bulbs when humidity is high?
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The water on wet bulb won't evaporate (thus cool the bulb) when the air is already full of water.
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The cooling of air by merely dropping the pressure is called _____________ cooling. |
adiabatic |
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When air sinks to the ground, it undergoes ______ warming because of the increasing pressure. |
adiabatic |
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When air sinks and warms, the humidity of the air will _____, which can cause a _____ biome in the resulting ______ shadow. |
decrease, desert, rain |
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The windward side of a mountain is likely to contain how much precipitation, as opposed to the leeward side of a mountain? |
lots |
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When air has to rise to cross over a mountain, we call this phenomenon..... |
orographic lifting |
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When two streams of air converge at the same LOW pressure point on earth, the collision location is likely to cause air to _____ which will create _____ & rain. |
rise clouds |
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When a cold front plows under a warm front, the air is likely to __________ a create flat-bottomed clouds and probably create _____ because of falling pressure, temperature, and rising humidity. |
get lifted precipitation |
