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| If the water vapor content of air remains constant, lowering air temperatures causes what? |
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| When the water-vapor content of the air remains constant, lowering air temperature causes an increase in relative humidity, and raising air temperature causes a decrease in relative humidity |
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| What is true about warm air? |
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| Warm, saturated air contains more water vapor than cold. |
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| Compared to clouds, fogs are? |
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| Clouds result when air rises and cools. Fog is a cloud with its base at or near the ground. |
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| Air that has reached its water vapor capacity is said to be... |
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| Hurricanes form in tropical waters between the latitudes of what? |
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| 5 and 20 degrees north and south latitude |
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| What type of front forms when the surface positions of the front does not move? |
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| The process of converting liquid to a gas is known as... |
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| The boundary that separates different air masses is called what? |
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| What is the first sign of an approaching warm front? |
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| The appearance of cirrus clouds |
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| What kind of shape is associated with a middle-latitude cyclone? |
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| What is the dry adiabatic rate? |
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| Rate of cooling or heating in unsaturated air. |
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| A low cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precipitation is called an... |
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| Which term is used to describe clouds of middle height? |
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| The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called... |
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| An immense body of air characterized by similar properties at any given altitude is known as... |
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| Which of the following refers to the temp to which air would have to be cooled to reach saturation? |
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| Water vapor makes up what fraction of the atmospheric gases? |
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| Which gas is the most important for understanding atmospheric process? |
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| The ratio of air's water vapor content and capacity to hold water at that same temperature is the... |
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| Which of the following refers to the energy that is stored or released during a change of state of water? |
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