Weather and Atmospheric Water

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• What causes hail formation?
• What are the most common types of precipitation?
• Where are the different cloud types found in the atmosphere?
• What are stratus clouds and what do they suggest about atmospheric conditions?
• What are cumulonimbus clouds and what type of weather do they suggest?
• What causes precipitation to fall?
• How do updrafts play a role in the formation of precipitation?
• How are clouds formed and what factors affect their formation?
• What conditions lead to the formation of precipitation?
• What determines whether precipitation is in the form of rain, snow, hail, sleet, etc?
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• When cool, dense air from over the water flows inland, what is it called?
• What are the main types of fronts?
• How is relative humidity related to the dew point?
• How does the lithosphere affect weather?
• Why don't hurricanes form in the Earth's polar regions?
• What are the different types of precipitation and how do they form?
• How do clouds form?
• What is dew or frost?
• What is the role of dust particles in the formation of clouds?
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• What is the approximate dew point temperature if the bulb temperature is 11 degrees C and the wet- bulb temperature is 8 degrees C?
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• What is the dewpoint temperature when the dry bulb temperature is 12 degrees C and the wet-bulb temperature is 7 degrees C?
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• Why would a desert not normally experience fog?
• What conditions are required for cloud formation?
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• What can tsunamis be directly caused by?
• What clouds appear long, flat, and spread across the sky?
• What process allows most moisture to enter the atmosphere?
• What type of precipitation freezes in the upper atmosphere?
• How are clouds related to water vapor and water droplets?
• Water molecules into water droplets by clinging to dust or other small particles suspended in the atmosphere, forming clouds through what process?
• Explain the physical change that causes clouds to form?
• Where is wind speed lowest in a hurricane?
• Why are clouds able to float?
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