Types Of Clouds Form In The Stratosphere

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1.
____ ____ are important int he atmosphere because they serve as surfaces on which water vapor condenses.

Condensation nuclei
2.
____ clouds form in the stratosphere and are also called mother-of-pearl clouds

nacreous
3.
____ is the slow sinking of air, usually associated with high pressure areas.

subsidence
4.
____ not only photograph clouds, they provide scientists with a great deal of physical information about the earth and its atmosphere.

Satellites
5.
_____ and _____ are the primary means for cooling the nighttime air near the ground.

radiation and conduction
6.
(also called radiation frost) refers to the white ice crystals, loosely deposited on the ground or exposed objects, that form on cold clear nights when heat losses into the open skies cause objects to become colder than the surrounding air.

Hoar frost
7.
A ____ inversion forms when air slowly sinks over a wide area

subsidence
8.
A "mackerel sky" describes this cloud

cirrocumulus
9.
A cloud associated with turbulent eddies, downwind of a mountain

rotor
10.
A cloud o vertical development that resembles a small piece of floating cotton

cumulus
11.
A cloud resting on the ground composed of water droplets, ice crystals, or a combination of both.

Fog
12.
A cloud that resembles "little castles in the sky" is called

castellanus
13.
A cloud that sometimes resembles a silken scarf capping the top of a developing cumulus cloud is the ____

pileus
14.
A cloud with lightning and thunder that forms when the atmosphere is unstable

cumulonimbus
15.
A conditionally unstable atmosphere is stable with respect to unsaturated air and unstable with respect to saturated air. T/F

T
16.
A dark gray, "wet"-looking cloudy layer associated with more or less continuously falling rain or snow.

nimbostratus (Ns)
17.
A halo around the sun or moon often identifies the presence of this cloud

cirrostratus
18.
A layer of dust or salt particles suspended above a region.

haze
19.
A low cloud that form when the atmosphere is absolutely stable

stratus
20.
A low, lumpy cloud layer that appears in rows, patches, or rounded masses.

stratocumulus
21.
A low, uniform, grayish cloud, whose precipitation is most commonly drizzle.

stratus
22.
A measured increase in air temperature with increasing height

inversion
23.
A middle cloud that occasionally forms in parallel waves or bands

altocumulus
24.
A moist layer of stable surface air can change into a deck of low stratocumulus clouds by the process of:

mixing
25.
A positive benefit of fog for fruit and nut trees

winter chilling
26.
A reasonably successful method of dispersing cold fog is to:

seed the fog with dry ice
27.
A tiny liquid drop of dew that forms as rain falls into a cold layer of surface air.

frozen dew
28.
a tiny liquid drop of dew that freezes when the air temp. drops below freezing

frozen dew
29.
A towering cloud that has not fully developed into a thunderstorm

cumulus congestus
30.
A uniform grayish cloud that often covers the entire sky. Resembles a fog that does not reach the ground.

Stratus (St)
31.
A vertical profile of air temperature

sounding
32.
A visible aggregate of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air.

a cloud
33.
A volume of air about the size of an index finger contains between _____ and ____ particles.

1000 and 150,000
34.
Air motions tend to be downward around the outside of a cumulus cloud. T/F

T
35.
aka thunderheads, bring hail and lightning and thunder