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What is weather?
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The condition of the earth's atmosphere
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What is climate?
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A steady condition that prevails day in and day out in a particular region of the earth
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Where does thermal energy come from?
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The sun
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What does insolation mean?
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Radiation that hits the earth
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How do clouds affect insolation?
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They decrease it. because the insolation "bounces" off the clouds therefore not much insolation gets through because of the clouds.
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How does water and land affect insolation?
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They absorb it
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Name 2 factors involving the earth and sun that affect thermal energy
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Distance from the sun and the axial tilt
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How do clouds form? two processes from earlier modules
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Cloud condensation nuclei and adiabatic cooling
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How does water vapor get from the ground into a cloud? (hydrosphere module)
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Evaporation and transportation
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What does a cumulus cloud look like, how are they formed?
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Big and fluffy. cold front. and as air rises it fans out in all directions expanding the volume
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What alto mean?
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High
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What does nimbus/nimbo mean?
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Dark
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What does a cirrus cloud look like and how are they formed and where do you usually find them?
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Very thin. since it is cold in the troposphere they are made ice and all the wind spreads them out to be very thin. top of the troposphere.
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What does a stratus cloud look like and how are they formed?
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They are layered. when a mass of warm air is lifted slowly upward
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What does a lenticular cloud look like and how are they formed?
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An oval. when air encounters low pressure regions
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