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| if the water constant, lowering air temperature causes what? |
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| an increase in relative humidity,and raising air temperature causes a decrease in relative humidity. |
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| what is true about warm, saturated air? |
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| warm saturated air has more water vapor than cold air. |
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| compared to clouds,fogs are? |
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| fog is a cloud with it's base at or near the ground. |
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| air that has reached it's water vapor capacity is said to be? |
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| hurricanes form in tropical waters between the latitude 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 position of the front does not moves? |
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| the process of converting a liquid to a gas is known as? |
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| the boundary that separate different air mass 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 dry adiabatic rate? |
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| rate of cooling or heating in unsaturated air. |
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| a low cloud that blanket the sky and often generates precipition is called? |
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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 into 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 atmospheric gases? |
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| which gas is the most important for understanding atmospheric processes? |
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| the ratio of air water vapor content to it capacity to hold water vapor at the same temperature is? |
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| which of the following refers to the energy that is stored or released during a change of the state of water |
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