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Pure water rarely occurs in nature because it is a good solvent. |
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| Human body contains __% water. |
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| Water has a density of... |
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| Water covers approximately __% of Earth's surface. |
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| the process by which water and water vapor emerge from layers deep within and below the crust. |
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| The largest portion of fresh water today is located in... |
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| Earth's oceans possess... |
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| ninety-seven percent of Earth's waters |
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| Other than ice sheets and glaciers, the largest repository of fresh water is located in... |
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| As a result of _______ ________, water molecules bind tightly to one another. |
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| Hydrogen bonding results from the fact that... |
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| the hydrogen end of a water molecule is positively charged and the oxygen end is negatively charged. |
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| The term deposition refers to... |
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| water vapor freezing to ice. |
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| the heat energy involved in the change of phase. |
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| When water condenses, it _____ heat energy and ____ the surrounding air. |
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| Which phase change decreases the temperature of the air? |
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| Ice to water (solid to liquid) |
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| In winter, freezing water can break pipes and even crack engine blocks. How? |
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| Water expands in volumes as it freezes. |
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| water vapor in the atmosphere. |
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| the amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature expressed as a percentage of the water vapor capacity of the air. |
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| The capacity of the air to hold water vapor is basically a function of... |
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| the temperature of both the air and the water vapor. |
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| A mass of air always becomes saturated when it reaches the... |
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| A sling psychrometer has two thermometers, one is called ___ ____ and the other is called ___ ____. |
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| The following are used to measure relative humidity... |
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| hair hygrometers and sling psychrometers. |
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| The greater the difference in temperature between the wet bulb and dry bulb on a sling psychrometer, the ____ the air is and the ___ the relative humidity. |
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| The smaller the difference in temperature between the wet bulb and dry bulb on a sling psychrometer, the ____ the air is and the ___ the relative humidity. |
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| wetter; closer the air temperature is to dew-point |
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| the tendency of a parcel of air to either remain in place or change its initial position. |
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| An air parcel is considered unstable when it... |
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| continues to rise until it reaches an altitude at which the surrounding air has a similar temperature. |
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| Atmospheric conditions are unstable when... |
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| the environmental lapse rate is greater than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. |
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| Atmospheric conditions are stable when... |
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| the environmental lapse rate is greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate. |
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| Atmospheric conditions are conditionally unstable when... |
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| the environmental lapse rate is greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate AND less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. |
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| Regarding rising air, in which dew-point temperature has been reached, the air is... |
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| simultaneously being cooled by expansion and heated by condensation. |
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| The condensation process requires... |
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| condensation nuclei and saturated air. |
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| The wet adiabatic lapse rate is ___ than the dry adiabatic lapse rate because... |
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| less; condensation heats the air. |
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| Collision-coalescence process is... |
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| the principal process for raindrop formation in tropical warm clouds. |
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| Four cloud types classified by altitude are... |
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| low, middle, high, and vertically developed. |
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| Three cloud types classified by form are... |
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| cirroform, stratiform, and cumuliform. |
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