Reading Quizzes Chapter 23

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Reading Quizzes Chapter 23
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Reading quiz 23.1

1. What is the term used to describe the heat energy
   that is absorbed or released by a substance
   during a phase change?
2. What is the ratio of the amount of water vapor in
   the air to the amount of water vapor needed to
   reach saturation of a given temperature?
3. List the three phases of water in the atmosphere.
4. This term describes the process in which a solid
   is directly changed into a gas.
5. If there is a significant amount of water vapor
   in the atmosphere, we say that it is a very
   ____________ day!!!!!!

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Reading Quiz 23.2

1. These are collections of small water droplets or
   ice crystals suspended in the air.
2. What do we call a cloud that forms near the
   earths surface?
3. List two of the three basic cloud forms.
4. What is the process by which the temperature of
   an air mass decreases as the air mass rises and
   expands.
5. This type of cloud is a low-level, billowy cloud
   that commonly has a top that resembles cotton
   balls and a dark bottom.

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Reading Quiz 23.3

1. What is any moisture that falls from the air to
   the Earths surface?
2. List two types of precipitation.
3. What is one of the two natural processes that
   cause precipitation.
4. What is the term used to describe the formation
   of a large droplet by the combination of smaller
   droplets?
5. True or False. Doppler Radar measures the
   intensity of precipitation?