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| What is not a form of precipitation? |
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| What is the best way of explaing how rain forms in cold clouds? |
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| What explains how rain forms inw arm clouds? |
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| collision-coalescence process |
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| where was the largest hailstone found? |
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| what happens to ice crystals each successive trip back up? |
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| increase in size, get larger |
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| what dosent fall to the earth quickly because of ther size of the droplets? |
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| what is the temperature at which dew forms called? |
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| what is hte temperature at which frost forms called? |
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| Which stage of a thunderstorm has a lighter&lighter rains and less powerful downdrafts? |
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| a sus stances that does not conduct eletricty very well is called an? |
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| As u brush a ballon to your head in a dark room& then slowly push your fist to the ballon, what are you most likely to see? |
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| a low power eletrical spark that does not have enoough power to harm people |
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| is it possible to see a thunderstorm in progress without a buildup of negative charges in the area? |
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| No, u need negative and positive chargs |
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| what is the positive charges on the ground that attract negative charges forming a? |
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| what type of collision is required between water droplets and ice crystals to transfer eletrical charges? |
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| What forms lightning bolts? |
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| where to lightning bolts go from? |
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| an eletrical current of positive charges that flow from the ground to the cloud during a lightning flash is called? |
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| why do lightning bolts strike higher objects? |
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| the positive charges on the ground arw trying to reach the negative charges in the cloud |
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| what is thr first stage of a tornado? |
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| what is a funnel of air where the air is whirling both around and up? |
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| is a dust devil stronger than a tornado |
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| No, it is one of the least strongest |
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| what is a tornado that forms over water called? |
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| What is the most destructive stage in a tornado? |
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| what does radar stand for? |
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| radio detection and ranging |
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| the most devistation of a hurricane comes in the form of? |
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| a substand that does not conduct eletricity very well. |
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| what are the conditions of the eye of a hurricane |
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| what are the three stages of a thunderstorm? |
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| cumulus stage, mature stage,diddipation stage |
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| if heavy rain of a thunderstorm lasts for more than 30 minuets, what can you conclude about its makeup? |
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| list the five stages of a tornado in order? |
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| whril stage, organization stage,mature stage,shrinking stage,decaying stage |
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| what are thr four classifications that lead to a hurricane? |
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| tropical disturbance,tropical depression,tropical storm,tropical cyclone |
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| what kind of cloudis necessary for a otrnado formation? |
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| which of ther two theories of precipitation governs the fall of rain from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud? |
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