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Chapter 16-1 Study Guide Answers

Chapter 16-1 Study Guide Answers. Number 1. Water gets from Earth’s surface into the air by the process of evaporation . Number 2. Clouds form from the process of condensation . Number 3. Rain is the most common form of precipitation. Number 4.

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Chapter 16-1 Study Guide Answers

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  1. Chapter 16-1Study Guide Answers

  2. Number 1 • Water gets from Earth’s surface into the air by the process of evaporation.

  3. Number 2 • Clouds form from the process of condensation.

  4. Number 3 • Rain is the most common form of precipitation.

  5. Number 4 • Runoff carries water from precipitation into the oceans.

  6. Number 5 • Relative humidity is a percentage that shows how much water vapor is in the air compared to how much the air can actually hold at a certain temperature.

  7. Number 6 • A psychrometer is used to measure the relative humidity of the air.

  8. Number 7 • Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air.

  9. Number 8 • Saturatedair has a relative humidity of 100%. It is holding all the water vapor that it can at a certain temperature.

  10. Number 9 • Air can become saturated when water vapor is added to the air through evaporation or when air cools to its dew point.

  11. Number 10 • Dew point is the temperature at which gas condenses into a liquid.

  12. Number 11 • The air’s ability to hold water vapor will increase if the air’s temperature increases.

  13. Number 12 • Clouds are made of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals.

  14. Number 13 • Cumulus clouds bring fair weather. No rain.

  15. Number 14 • Cumulonimbus clouds bring thunderstorms.

  16. Number 15 • Nimbostratus clouds bring light to heavy continuous rain.

  17. Number 16 • An altocumulus cloud is a puffy mid-level cloud that indicates fair weather.

  18. Number 17 • A cirrostratus cloud is layered and is made of ice crystals. Found at high altitudes.

  19. Number 18 • Cumulonimbus clouds are found from low to high altitudes. Very large clouds.

  20. Number 19 • Stratus clouds form in layers. They can cover large areas of the sky and block out the sun.

  21. Number 20 • Fog is a stratus cloud that has formed on the ground.

  22. Number 21 • Sleet starts as rain and freezes in the air. • Snow forms when water vapor changes directly to a solid.

  23. Number 22 • Hail is balls or lumps of ice that fall from cumulonimbus clouds. • Hail forms when updrafts of air in a cumulonimbus clouds carries raindrops high I the clouds, the raindrops freeze and hail forms.

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