ES Unit 4 Practice Test 2024

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How many categories are there for a hurricane?

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5 Categories

Front

What is the greenhouse effect?

Back

Warming of the earth due to gases in our atmosphere.

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What is precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals called?

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Snow

Front

What is the term for the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere compared to how much it could hold?

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Relative Humidity

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Identify this cloud type: cirrus, cumulus, stratus, cumulonimbus.

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Cirrus

Front

What is the term for the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water?

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Condensation

Front

What is the main gas responsible for the greenhouse effect?

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Front

What type of cloud is typically associated with thunderstorms?

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Cumulonimbus

Front

What is the term for the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance?

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Temperature

Front

What is the term for the boundary between two different air masses?

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