Science: Meteorology 2
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Science: Meteorology 2
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22 Questions

1. Convection

2. The initial stage of an ordinary cell thunderstorm is the?

3. specific heat

4. Ordinary cell thunderstorms only last about one hour and begin to dissipate when?

5. Identify two effects that precipitation has on the atmosphere

6. A group of thunderstorms which develop in a line one next to the other, each in a different stage of development, are called?

7. An ordinary cell thunderstorm is most intense during the stage?

8. Downdrafts spread throughout a thunderstorm during the stage?

9. Identify the relationship between dewpoint and air temperature, that increases the probability of precipitation

10. Relative Humidity

11. Explain how changes in air temperature relate to changes in air prssure

12. Dew point

13. Describe the relationship between relative humidity and air pressure

14. How does a cloud form

15. Describe the effect air temperature has on the air's capacity to hold water

16. High Pressure

17. Explain how vertical movement in the atmosphere results in changes in temperature, air pressure, and dewpoint

18. Wind moves from

19. Explain which condition of cloud formation may result in the occurrence of precipitation

20. As temperature increases pressure

21. Name the source of most of the Earth's energy

22. Low Pressure