Meteorology Chapter 8 - Study Guide Part 1 B

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(1)  polar easterliesprevailing westerliestrade winds Which wind system bends winds so that they blow from the east near the earth’s poles?
(2)  polar easterliesprevailing westerliestrade winds Which wind system is caused by collisions of warm tropical and cold polar airflows causing wind out of the west in the middle latitudes?
(3)  air massair pressurehumidity What is the amount of water vapor in the air?
(4)  air masssaturatedrelative Which term means that different temperatures of air can hold different amounts of water vapor?
(5)  condensationrelativesaturated Which term means that the humidity of the air is 100 percent or holding the greatest amount of water vapor that it can hold?
(6)  lessmore Warm air will hold ___ water vapor.
(7)  lessmore Cool air will hold ___ water vapor.
(8)  dew pointhumidityprecipitation What is the temperature at which cooling air becomes saturated?
(9)  condensationevaporationprecipitation What is the process by which released water vapor leaves the air and changes back into liquid water?
(10)  dewfogfrost What are droplets of water that form on cool surfaces when water vapor from the air condenses?
(11)  dewfogfrost What are tiny crystals of ice formed when water vapor freezes onto a cold object?
(12)  cloudrainsnow What is made out of tiny water droplets, rising air, and dust?
(13)  frontsmountainssolar heating What causes warm air to rise when the sun is shining?
(14)  frontsmountainsvalleys What obstacles cause warm air to rise?
(15)  air masscollisionfront What is the boundary between two air masses that can cause warm air to rise?
(16)  air massair pressurefront What is a single large unit of air with uniform temperature and humidity?
(17)  coldwarm What type of front occurs when a warm air mass flows over a cold air mass and creates cloudy, rainy weather?
(18)  coldwarm What type of front occurs when a cold air mass bulldozes a warm air mass up rapidly creating severe weather?
(19)  evaporationradiationsea What type of fog forms on cold clear nights when air is cooled below its dew point by contact with the cold ground?
(20)  radiationseasteam What type of fog forms when warm air moves over cold water?
(21)  smogradiationsteam What type of fog forms in cold air above hot pavement when water vapor condenses immediately after evaporating?