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1. high-level cloud cirrostratus
2. process in which rain forms from melted snowflakes Bergeron-Findeisen
Process
3. billowy, low-level clouds with flat bases cumulus
4. rain forms in tropical areas by unusually large cloud
droplets that stick together
and grow larger
5. three major factors that cause weather? uneven heat distribution,
6. how does a frontal cyclone draw its energy? warm air mass
7. type of air mass that is dry and cold? continental polar
8. type of air mass that forms over the Caribbean Sea? maritime tropical
9. why are condensation nuclei needs cloud to form for? water vapor usually re-
quires a surface to turn
into liquid water
10. type of front that a frontal cyclone usually begins with warm front
11. mid-level clouds that are known for covering the sky nimbostratus
and producing steady precipitation
12. lack of precipitation that affects an areas crops agricultural drought
13. two unmoving air masses of different temperatures stationary front
form
14. lens-shaped clouds that often form near mountains lenticular clouds
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15. water vapor whose temperature has dropped below supercooled
the freezing point is
16. liquid precipitation that freezes when it hits the ground freezing rain
or another substance
17. when evaporation and condensation are occurring at saturated
the same rate, the air is
18. area od the surface over which an air mass formed is source region
the air mass's
19. when an area is receiving less precipitation than nor- meterological drought
mal, it is undergoing a
20. movement of water from the air to the earth's surface hydrologic cycle
and back is the water cycle or
21. consists of large drops of liquid water rain
22. ice crystals, usually in geometric shapes snow
23. layers of glaze and rime hail
24. forms as balls of ice are blown by a thunderstorm hail
updraft
25. type of precipitation that consists of drops of liquid drizzle
water smaller than raindrops
26. meteorologists call an extended period of heavy snow blizzard
and high wind a
27. a cloud that has a low-level base and a top composed cumulonimbus
of ice crystals
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Abekaand Space,
Science EarthTest
and 8
Space Test 8
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_805f03
1. high-level cloud cirrostratus
2. process in which rain forms from melted snowflakes Bergeron-Findeisen
Process
3. billowy, low-level clouds with flat bases cumulus
4. rain forms in tropical areas by unusually large cloud
droplets that stick together
and grow larger
5. three major factors that cause weather? uneven heat distribution,
6. how does a frontal cyclone draw its energy? warm air mass
7. type of air mass that is dry and cold? continental polar
8. type of air mass that forms over the Caribbean Sea? maritime tropical
9. why are condensation nuclei needs cloud to form for? water vapor usually re-
quires a surface to turn
into liquid water
10. type of front that a frontal cyclone usually begins with warm front
11. mid-level clouds that are known for covering the sky nimbostratus
and producing steady precipitation
12. lack of precipitation that affects an areas crops agricultural drought
13. two unmoving air masses of different temperatures stationary front
form
14. lens-shaped clouds that often form near mountains lenticular clouds
www.stuvia.com
1/6
, Abeka, Science Earth
Abekaand Space,
Science EarthTest
and 8
Space Test 8
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_805f03
15. water vapor whose temperature has dropped below supercooled
the freezing point is
16. liquid precipitation that freezes when it hits the ground freezing rain
or another substance
17. when evaporation and condensation are occurring at saturated
the same rate, the air is
18. area od the surface over which an air mass formed is source region
the air mass's
19. when an area is receiving less precipitation than nor- meterological drought
mal, it is undergoing a
20. movement of water from the air to the earth's surface hydrologic cycle
and back is the water cycle or
21. consists of large drops of liquid water rain
22. ice crystals, usually in geometric shapes snow
23. layers of glaze and rime hail
24. forms as balls of ice are blown by a thunderstorm hail
updraft
25. type of precipitation that consists of drops of liquid drizzle
water smaller than raindrops
26. meteorologists call an extended period of heavy snow blizzard
and high wind a
27. a cloud that has a low-level base and a top composed cumulonimbus
of ice crystals
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