Amplify-What Are Clouds Article

Dr. Joanne Simpson earned a PhD (doctoral degree that takes about 8 years of college after high school) in ______________.

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When Dr. Simpson was a little girl, she saw clouds that looked like:

• All answer choices

• towers

• grapes

• UFOs

In the 1940s, college professors didn't think women could be______

As Dr. Simpson flew in airplanes she collected ________

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Why did Dr. Simpson took notes and sketched drawings in her field journal?

• to help her in school

• To document the different formations of clouds she saw.

• so she wouldn't forget

• she liked to draw

What did she collect data about?

• wind conditions

• temperature

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• amount of water vapor

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Simpson is considered one of the ______ ______ weather scientists in the history of meteorology.

What is an air parcel?

• a box full of rain

• a box you can put things in

• Something UPS delivers

• an amount of air that moves as a unit

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An air parcel is an amount of _____ that moves as a unit.

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Clouds form when the water vapor in air parcels comes into contact (collides) with colder surrounding air.

• True

• False

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