Weather Patterns Lesson 1.4 What are Clouds?

Who was the first woman to earn a PhD in meteorology?

• Dr. Joanne Simpson

• Marie Curie

• Rosalind Franklin

• Ada Lovelace

What type of clouds did Joanne Simpson call 'hot towers'?

• Cumulonimbus clouds

• Stratus clouds

• Cirrus clouds

• Cumulus clouds

What process causes water vapor to become liquid in clouds?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

What is an air parcel?

• An amount of air that moves as a unit

• A type of cloud

• A weather instrument

• A layer of the atmosphere

Clouds form when water vapor in air parcels comes into contact with ___ air.

The process of water turning into vapor is called ___.

Joanne Simpson's research helped us understand how energy, evaporation, and ___ form clouds.