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During the process of adiabatic cooling, the temperature decreases because the air has...
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Expanded to a larger volume
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A cold air mass that is warmed at its base from contact with the warm ground will have its lapse rate...
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Increased
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Adiabatic processes are only important for air...
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Which is rising or sinking
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Natural convection and turbulence are most likely to occur when...
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Temperature decreases rapidly with height
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The relative humidity is 40% and the mixing ratio at saturation is 20 grams per kilogram. What is the actual mixing ratio?
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8 gm/kg
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The most common reason why dew forms on the grass at night is that...
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Temperatures are coolest in the grass
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The buoyancy of a rising air parcel is greatly affected by...
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Heat released if water vapor condenses
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If the air temperature remains constant, evaporating water into the air will _____ the dew point and _____ the relative humidity.
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Increase, decrease
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The capacity of the air to hold water vapor...
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Increases with an increase in temperature
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________ results in the release of about 600 calories of latent heat per gram.
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Condensation
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The vertical motions that occur when the air is unstable are termed...
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Convection
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The property which primarily controls how much water can be present as a gas is...
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Temperature of the air
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The change of state from gas to liquid is called...
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Condensation
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The temperature of rising air parcels ______ as they move upward.
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Decreases
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The atmosphere is most unstable when the temperature of the air ______ with height.
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Drops rapidly
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