weather patterns chapter 2

Rain can happen when an air parcel _________.

• heats up

• cools

• stays the same temperature

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Rain can happen when an air parcel _________.

• loses energy

• gains energy

• does not transfer energy

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______ _______ condenses and falls as rain.

• carbon dioxide

• liquid water

• water vapor

• methane

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Loss of energy in an air parcel causes _________ .

• evaporation

• sublimation

• causation

• condensation

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All air contains _______ ________.

• liquid water

• clouds

• precipitation

• water vapor

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What could cause an air parcel to transfer energy to the surrounding air.

• the surrounding air was warmer than the air parcel

• the surrounding air has more water vapor than the air parcel

• the surrounding air was cooler than the air parcel

• the surrounding air was the same temperature as the air parcel

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True or False: If an air parcel loses more energy, more rainfall can happen.

• true

• false

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If an air parcel has a low amount of water vapor present before condensation, how much liquid water (rain) will most likely form?

• high amount of liquid water

• low amount of liquid water

• no rain will form

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an amount of air that moves as a unit

• evaporation

• condensation

• cloud

• air parcel

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the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• evaporation

• condensation

• cloud

• air parcel

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