Study Guide for Clouds

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What are clouds?

liquid water drops

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When do clouds form?

at the dew point

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What is condensation nuclei?

surfaces on which condensation occur

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What are the steps of a cloud forming?

air parcel cools to dew point water condenses droplets grown around nuclei clouds are born

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What are cumulus clouds?

puffy, "popcorn-like" clouds

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What are cumulus humilis clouds?

a type of cumulus clouds that form when there is fair weather; they are usually small

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What are cumulus congestus clouds?

towering cumulus clouds

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What causes cumulus congestus clouds to tower?

heating causes vertical updrafts

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What are cumulonimbus clouds?

thunderstorm clouds; very large, thick clouds

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What is a thunderstorm?

cumulonimbus clouds with lightning and thunder and commonly rain, but it doesn't have to produce rain

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Where is the top of the cumulonimbus cloud?

near the top of the troposphere

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What does a cumulonimbus cloud look like?

a mushroom or an anvil

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Where is the base of a cumulonimbus cloud?

near the ground

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What does congestus mean?

heap

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What does humilis mean?

humble

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What is another characteristic of cumulonimbus clouds?

they are turbulent because they have strong updrafts and downdrafts

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If you cool a saturated air parcel what happens?

the dew point occurs

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When will a thunderstorm end?

when the warm air source is removed

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Why do warm air parcels rise?

they're less dense than the surrounding air

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What happens when rain is dumped on warm air?

the thunderstorm stops

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