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Read the entire sentence carefully: Warm, moist air rising on the windward side of a mountain range will cool at _________________________once condensation has begun and clouds have formed.

The most rapid warming of the earth’s lower atmosphere, associated with climate change, resulting primarily from industrialization is occurring in which region?

Which statement most correctly describes advection fog?

Tropical rainforest climate regions are very often surrounded by a buffer of __________ climate areas with distinct rainy and dry seasons and large grazing animal populations.

Hail is most likely to form in which of the following cloud types?

  Tornado alley results when which of the following air masses collide?

  Use the graph above to answer the following question. For a parcel of air at 30 degrees C. with an absolute humidity of 15 grams/cubic meter, what would the absolute humidity (or actual amount of moisture) of the parcel be at saturation (i.e., dew point)? (Note: the answer to this question is needed to answer a different question where you are asked to calculate relative humidity.)

Generally, the amount of water vapor that a parcel of air can hold …

With regard to adiabatic cooling and warming, descending air on the leeward slope of a mountain range will be … Hint: Remember what generally occurs with air temperature as you go up in elevation, or down in elevation.

Tropical rainforest climate regions are very often surrounded by a buffer of __________ climate areas with distinct rainy and dry seasons and large grazing animal populations.