Classification
Cloud Types
Height
Composition
High Clouds
Prefix: ____________
_____________meters
Middle Clouds
Prefix: ___________
____________meters
Low Clouds
Prefix: ____________
_____________meters
Clouds of Vertical
Development
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Description
1. A cloud is defined as _______________________________________________________________________________
2. Describe adiabatic cooling. What is the adiabatic cooling rate?
3. What are three different substances that make up clouds?
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4. Water vapor needs a surface on which to condense, these surfaces are called
5. List several examples of hygroscopic nuclei:
6. Number the steps of cloud formation in the correct order. Place a number 1 on the line of the step that occurs first.
________ As the moist air rises it cools.
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Dark land on the ground absorbs the suns heat energy.
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Water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets on tiny particles (condensation nuclei).
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Moist air above the ground is warmed by the heat radiating from the ground.
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The cooling air reaches its saturation point (dew point).
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Moist air warms and becomes less dense so it rises.
Of the 4 methods of cloud formation, which method is described above? _______________________________