UGA GEOG1111 Exam #2 - Prof. Stan Hopkins 128 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Updated 2024

Clouds, fog, and dew - ️️must have a surface (solid or liquid) upon which the water vapor can condence. Dew - ️️the condensation event (water vapor changing to liquid water) wherein liquid water droplets form on the ground. Cloud & fog - ️️condensation events where in the droplets form suspended in air. Clouds - ️️formed by cooling the air temperature to the Dew Point temperature or by adding more water vapor to reach saturation. Cooling the air is common way. Condensation nuclei - ️️microscopic particle which is necessary as a surface on which water vapor condenses to form moisture droplets. Altitude and shape - ️️two basic criteria used to classify clouds. Low clouds - ️️typically consist primarily of liquid water droplets. (stratus, nimbostratus) Middle clouds - ️️typically consist of a mixture of liquid water and ice crystals. High clouds - ️️typically consist primarily of ice crystals. (cirrus) Vertically developed thru the troposphere - ️️typically consist primarily of liquid water at lower levels and ice crystals at higher levels. (cumulus, cumulonimbus)