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What has higher density warm or cold air?
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Cold air
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How does an air parcel cool?
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By expansion, responding to the reduced air pressure at higher latitudes
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Water covers approximately what percentage of Earth’s surface?
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71%
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According to the text, the present quantity of water on Earth, functioning in the hydrologic cycle, was achieved approximately ___________________ years ago.
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Two billion years ago
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The major portion of freshwater today is located in:
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Ice sheets and glaciers.
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Relative humidity refers to:
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The amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature and pressure, expressed as a percentage of the moisture capacity of the air
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The measure of humidity given as grams of water per kilogram of air is called:
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Specific humidity
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Clouds that have strong vertical development and produce precipitation are called:
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Cumulonimbus.
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The dry adiabatic rate (DAR) is:
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10C° per 1000 m (5.5F° per 1000 ft).
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Maritime tropical Pacific (mT) air and maritime tropical Gulf and Atlantic (mT) air:
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Are different from one another, since they occur over cool and warm ocean surfaces, respectively
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This cloud type is specifically a good indicator of an arriving storm, say within the next 24 h:
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Cirrus
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The wettest average annual place on Earth is located
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Hawaii
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The wettest average annual place on Earth is located
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Given the necessary physical requirements, orographic precipitation is usually the most consistent type of the three.
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Tornado development is associated with:
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Mesocyclone circulation.
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Afternoon thundershowers in the southeastern United States are more than likely a result of:
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Convectional lifting.
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