Chapter 8

artificial cloud produced by an airplane.

white and billlowy cloud that resembles a pile of cotton puffs.

the most common type of high-level cloud

lens-shaped clouds

ice crystals that have remained frozen

layered balls of ice that form in strong thunderstorms.

raindrops frozen into ice pellets.

Which of the following is not a major factor that affects the earth’s weather?

• Solar radiation
• ocean tides
• Heat distribution
• water vapor

What is the process in which rain forms from melted snowflakes?

• Sublimation-deposition process
• Bergeron-Findeison process
• collision- coelescence process
• Hadley-Ferrel process

Which of the following is one of the three major factors that cause weather?

• uneven heat distribution
• ocean currents
• human activity
• volcanic eruptions