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Environmental Studies
9th Grade
02/21/2013

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Term
rain,snow,sleet,and hail are all examples of?
Definition
precipitation
Term
which term describe the conversation of a solid directly to gas, without passing through the liquid state?
Definition
sublimation
Term
the change of state from a gas to liquid is called?
Definition
condensation
Term
air that has reached its water-vapor capacity is said to be?
Definition
saturated
Term
which of the following NOT a process that lifts air?
Definition
divergence
Term
Orographic lifting is associated with?
Definition
mountains
Term
which cloud type consists of globular clouds masses with a cauliflower structure?
Definition
cumulus
Term
which term is used to describe clouds of middle height?
Definition
alto
Term
which clouds are often associated with thunder and lightning?
Definition
cumulonimbus
Term
which type of precipitation consists of small clear-to-translucent ice particles?
Definition
sleet
Term
what type of clouds is associated with hail?
Definition
cumulonimbus
Term
maritime air masses form?
Definition
over water
Term
which air masses has the greatest effect on weather? conditions in much of the united states?
Definition
cP and mT
Term
the boundary that separates the different air masses is called?
Definition
front
Term
the weather behind a cold front is dominated by which of the following?
Definition
cold air mass
Term
which gas is most important for understanding atmospheric processes?
Definition
water vapor
Term
the process by which water vapor turn into a gas?
Definition
deposition
Term
the ratio of air water vapor content to its capacity to hold water vapor at that same tempeature is the?
Definition
relative humidity
Term
which cloud type is best as sheets or layer that cover much or all of the sky?
Definition
stratus
Term
compared to clouds fog is?
Definition
lower altitudes
Term
which of the following process can produces either rain or snow?
Definition
the Bergeron process
Term
an immense body of air is characterized by similar properties at any given time altitudes is known as
Definition
air mass
Term
what two properties characterize an air mass?
Definition
temperature and moisture
Term
which type of air mass originates in northern Canada?
Definition
Cp
Term
an mT air mass is best describe as?
Definition
wet and warm
Term
a cT air mass is?
Definition
hot and dry
Term
continental tropical
Definition
hot and dry hot in the summer
Term
which air mass is the source of much of the precipitation in the central and eastern united states?
Definition
mT
Term
on the weather map which type of front is shown below
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