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| Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all examples of? |
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| Which term describes the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing through the liquid state? |
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| The change of state from a gas to a liquid is called? |
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| Air that is reached its water-vapor capacity is said to be? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a process that lifts air? |
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| Orographic lifting is associated with? |
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| Which cloud type consist of globular cloud masses with a cauliflower structure? |
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| Which term is used to described clouds of middle height? |
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| Which clouds are often associated with thunder and lightning? |
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| Which type of precipitation consist of small clear to translucent ice particles? |
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| What type of cloud is associated with hail ? |
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| Maritime air masses form? |
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| Which air masses have the greatest effect on weather conditions in much of the United States? |
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| The boundary that separates different air masses is called an ? |
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| The weather behind a cold front is dominated by which of the following |
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| Which gas is most important for understanding atmosphere processes? |
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| The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called? |
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| The ratio of air's water-vapor content to its capacity to hold water vapor at that same temperature is the? |
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| Which cloud type is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky? |
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| Which cloud is confined to the middle height range? |
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| Compared to clouds, fogs are ? |
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| Which of the following processes can produce either rain or snow? |
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| An immense body of air characterized by similar properties at any given altitude is known as an ? |
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| Which two properties characterized an air mass? |
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| Which type of air mass originates in northern Canada |
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| An mT air mass is best described as? |
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| In figure 20-1 which of the following is characteristc of the air mass labeled F |
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| Hot and wet hot in summer |
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| What type of front forms when the surface position of the front does not move? |
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| When an active cold front overtakes a warm front, |
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| What type of front usually produces several hours of light to moderate precipitation |
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| The greatest number of thunderstorms occur in the ...? |
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| Tornadoes are most frequent from? |
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| Hurricanes are classified according to intensity using the ..? |
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| Typhoon is another name for? |
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| What scale is used to measure tornado intensity |
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| Fugita tornado intensity scale |
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| A whirling cyclone that produce winds of at least 119 kilometers/hour |
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| It is a dome of water about 60 to 80 km wide that sweeps across the coast where hurricanes move onto land |
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| What is relative humidity? |
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| Id the ratio of the airs actual water vapor content compared with the amount of water vapor air can hold at the temperature and pressure |
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