11.8: Weather- Challenge 1
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- 1. ___ is weather averaged over a long period of time.
- Climate
- 2. As rising air cools, any water vapor within it begins to ___.
- condense
- 3. Dew forms when humid air cools overnight. If the temperature falls below freezing, ___ will form instead.
- frost
- 4. The ___ index is a measure of what the temperature feels like because of the humidity.
- heat
- 5. Why does humidity affect how hot it feels?
- High humidity prevents sweat from evaporating and cooling our bodies
- 6. The most important condition necessary for cloud formation is ___.
- the presence of condensation nuclei
- 7. Clouds are commonly classified by ___.
- altitude
- 8. ___ clouds are white and puffy.
- Cumulus
- 9. Within an air mass, ___ and ___ are nearly the same.
- temperature and humidity
- 10. An air mass described by the symbol mTk formed over ___.
- the ocean in a tropical region and is moving over warmer ground
- 11. Air masses form primarily in ___.
- high pressure, polar and tropical zones
- 12. When a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass and lifts the warm air mass out of the way, a ___ forms. The rising warm air causes clouds to form.
- cold front
- 13. The leading edge of an air mass is called a ___.
- front