Amplify Weather Patterns Chapter 1

All clouds produce rain.

• true

• false

Liquid water has to cool down in order to evaporate.

• True

• False

water vapor

• water as a gas

• the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth in different states

• an amount of air that moves as a unit

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

All clouds form when __________ in air parcels comes in contact with colder surrounding air.

• liquid water

• water vapor

air parcel

• water as a gas

• the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth in different states

• an amount of air that moves as a unit

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

Energy always transfers from cold air to warm air until the temperatures equalize.

• True

• False

Precipitation happens when rain drops ________ and become ________ and too ________ to stay suspended in the air.

• collide, larger, heavy

• sink, thick, heavy

temperature

• water as a gas

• the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth in different states

• an amount of air that moves as a unit

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

The more an air parcel loses energy and cools, the more rainfall can happen.

• True

• False

precipitation

• conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place

• the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the ground