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| rain,snow,sleet,and hail are all examples of? |
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| which term describe the conversation of a solid directly to gas, without passing through the liquid state? |
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| the change of state from a gas to liquid is called? |
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| air that has reached its water-vapor capacity is said to be? |
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| which of the following NOT a process that lifts air? |
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| Orographic lifting is associated with? |
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| which cloud type consists of globular clouds masses with a cauliflower structure? |
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| which term is used to describe 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 consists of small clear-to-translucent ice particles? |
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| what type of clouds is associated with hail? |
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| maritime air masses form? |
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| which air masses has the greatest effect on weather? conditions in much of the united states? |
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| the boundary that separates the different air masses is called? |
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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 atmospheric processes? |
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| the process by which water vapor turn into a gas? |
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| the ratio of air water vapor content to its capacity to hold water vapor at that same tempeature is the? |
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| which cloud type is best as sheets or layer that cover much or all of the sky? |
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| compared to clouds fog is? |
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| which of the following process can produces either rain or snow? |
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| an immense body of air is characterized by similar properties at any given time altitudes is known as |
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| what two properties characterize 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 describe as? |
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| hot and dry hot in the summer |
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| which air mass is the source of much of the precipitation in the central and eastern united states? |
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| on the weather map which type of front is shown below |
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