Amplify Weather Patterns Unit Review

Liquid water droplets suspended in the air

• air parcel

• cloud

• condensation

• stability

Air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure is __________

• wind

• energy

• change

• stability

During which part of the water cycle do clouds form?

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

• evaporation

an amount of air that moves as a unit

• energy

• evaporation

• air parcel

• change

Air Parcel 1 is warmer than the surrounding air. Air Parcel 2 is at the same temperature as the surrounding air. Air Parcel 1 and Air Parcel 2 started with the same amount of water vapor in them.

Which air parcel will have more rainfall and why?

• Both air parcels will have the same amount of rain. They have the same surrounding air temperature, so the same amount of water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 1 will lose more energy to the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 1 will gain energy from the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 2 is colder than Air Parcel 1, so more water vapor will fall as rain.

When water vapor in an air parcel cools and condenses, which way does energy transfer?

• Out of the air parcel.

• Into the air parcel.

Air Parcel 1 is the same temperature as the surrounding air. Air parcel 2 is warmer than the surrounding air. Air Parcel 1 and Air Parcel 2 started with the same amount of water vapor in them.

Which air parcel will have more rainfall and why?

• Both air parcels will have the same amount of rain. They have the same surrounding air temperature, so the same amount of water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 1 is colder than Air Parcel 2, so more water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 2 will gain energy from the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 2 will lose energy to the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

How does wind effect a rain storm?

• Wind keeps the air parcel closer to the surface so it gains more energy

• Wind pushes the air parcel even higher in the troposphere and loses more energy

• Wind pushes the air parcel even higher in the troposphere and gains more energy

• Wind keeps the air parcel closer to the surface so it loses more energy

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

• True

• False

The more energy an air parcel loses = ________________ = bigger storm

• the slower the air parcel will rise

• higher the air parcel will rise into the troposphere

• air parcels gain energy