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Author Question: Why do cumulus clouds often form, disappear, and then reform in the same place? What will be an ... (Read 69 times)

jho37

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on: Jul 29, 2018
Why do cumulus clouds often form, disappear, and then reform in the same place?
 
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Question 2

Why is it usually necessary for an air mass to rise if it is to produce precipitation?
 
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Question 3

Why are there usually large spaces of blue sky between cumulus clouds?
 
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Question 4

If the relative humidity is 50, what happens when the temperature drops and the mass of water in the air stays the same?
 
  A) Relative humidity drops.
  B) Relative humidity rises.
  C) Relative humidity stays the same.
  D) Outcome depends on the temperature of the air.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: As cumulus clouds grow, they shade the ground from the Sun, which slows surface heating and inhibits upward convection of warm air. Without a continuous supply of rising air, the cloud begins to dissipate. Once the cloud is gone, the ground reheats, allowing the air above it to warm and rise. Thus convectional lifting begins again, and another cumulus cloud begins at the same place.

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Right on time. Thanks a bunch.

Answer to Question 3

Right on time. Thanks a bunch.

Answer to Question 4

Answer: B


jho37

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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