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What is the process by which plants give off
water vapor into the air?
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100 pointstranspiration
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What is the changing of a liquid to a gas?
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200 pointsevaporation
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Water vapor is water in the form of a
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300 pointsgas
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Water vapor in the air comes mostly from
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400 pointsthe oceans
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What is the result when a gas changes into a
liquid?
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500 pointscondensation
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What does capacity mean?
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100 pointsamount of material that something
can hold
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The actual amount of water in the air is known as
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200 pointsSpecific humidity
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When something is saturated it is
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300 pointsfilled to capacity
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The amount of water vapor that air can hold
changes with the
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400 pointstemperature
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Warmer air can hold _______ water vapor than cold
air.
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500 pointsmore
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Name and describe three types of clouds.
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100 pointscirrus-light featherycumulus-big
and puffystratus-form layers across the sky
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The term for the temperature at which
condensation takes place is
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200 pointsdew point
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What are three types of precipitation?
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300 pointsrainsnowhail
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What is the name of the instrument used to
measure rainfall?
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400 pointsrain gauge
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Precipitation may be a liquid or a ________
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500 pointssolid
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A large area of air that has the same temperature
and amount of moisture
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100 pointsair mass
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Where do tropical and polar air masses form?
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200 pointstropical form near the equator (warm
regions)polar form near Canada (cold regions)
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Molecules in a liquid are always
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300 pointsmoving
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What changes when a front moves in?
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400 pointsthe weather
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Air masses that form over land are always
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500 pointsdry
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Name three characteristics of a tornado.
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100 pointssmallviolentfunnel-shaped
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Compare an air mass and a front.
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200 pointsAn air mass stays over an area for a
while or moves slowly it is very large.A front
is the forward edge of an air mass.
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What causes lightning?
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300 pointsGiant storm clouds give off
electricity.
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High pressure regions usually have what two
characteristics?
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400 pointsclear skies and cool temperatures
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What is a line on a weather map that connects
points of equal pressure?
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500 pointsisobar
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