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- What is the general term for fog that forms when air near the ground cools rapidly on a clear night?
- What type of precipitation includes layers of glaze and rime?
- What do meteorologists call an extended period of heavy snow and high wind?
- What type of precipitation forms as balls of ice are blown by a thunderstorm updraft?
- What mid-level clouds are known for covering the sky and producing steady precipitation?
- What is the process in which rain forms from melted snowflakes?
- Which of the following is one of the three major factors that cause weather?uneven heat distributionocean currentscold air masscold front
- The area over which an air mass formed is the air mass's what?
- What are billowy, low-level clouds with flat bases?
- When evaporation and condensation are occurring at the same rate, the air is said to be what?
- What type of drought is caused by a lack of precipitation that affects an area's crops?
- What type of front is formed from two unmoving air mases of different temperatures?
- Lens-shaped clouds that often form near mountains are what type of clouds?
- When an area is receiving less precipitation than normal, it is undergoing what type of drought?
- Liquid precipitation that freezes when it hits the ground or another substance is called what?
- The movement of water from the air to the earth's surface and back is the water cycle or ____________________ cycle.
- What type of precipitation is found in ice crystals, usually in geometric shapes?
- Water vapor whose temperature has dropped below the freezing point is said to be what?
- From what does a frontal cyclone draw its energy?
- With what type of front does a frontal cyclone usually begin with?