Transcript Precipitation Jeopardy!x

Precipitation
Jeopardy!
By Jessica & Helena
Orographic
Frontal Warm
Front
Frontal Cold
Front
Convectional
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Q:What are the effects of orographic
precipitation?
A: Depressing weather )’:
Q: What happens as the air rises over
a mountain?
A: Dew point gets reached, water
vapour condenses and forms clouds.
Q: What is the Dry leeward side referred as?
A: Rainshadow region
Q: What will the Windward side and
Leeward side of the mountain range’s
weather be?
A: Windward: lots of rain
Leeward: clear sunny skies
Q: What happens when the warm air
comes in contact with the cooler air
A: Warm air is forced off the ground
over the denser heavier cold air.
Q: What does the warm front create
when coming on contact with the cold
air?
A: A Gradual slope that the warm front
slowly moves along, up and over the
cold air
Q: What happens as the warm front
approaches?
A: Clouds become thicker.
What is adiabatic cooling?
When air expands it loses heat which
results in a lost of heat called adiabatic
cooling.
Q: What are the human effects of a
frontal warm front?
A: FLOODING ! :O
Q: What types of clouds are formed
along a slope (starting with closest to
the ground and greater elevation)
A: Nimbostratus, Altostratus,
Cirrostratus, Cirrus Clouds
Q: When warm air rises cools and
condenses what type of clouds are
formed?
A: Cumulonimbus
Q: What is a stationary front?
A: When a front stays in one place and
neither air mass is affected by the
other.
Q: Explain how hailstorms are created
A: Cumulonimbus clouds may have water droplets to
circulate many times (because of violent updrafts)
which adds a new layer of ice with each circulation.
When the hailstone becomes heavy falls out of the sky.
Q: Why do hailstorms form?
A: Due to the vertical development of
cumulonimbus clouds
Q: What are the human effects of cold
fronts?
A: Causes hailstorms
After a warm front comes through
there will be clear sunny skies.
Q: What type of cloud is associated
with convection rainfall?
Q: Cumulonimbus clouds
Q: Where would convectional rainfall
occur?
A: In tropical regions and large land
masses
Q:What are the human effects of
convectional precipitation?
A: Causes damages to properties
Q: What are composite volcanoes and
give one real life example
A: Made of cinder and ash formed
over subduction zones, ice capped, can
release lahars. Ex. Mount St. Helens
Q: How is convection rainfall created?
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Sun heats ground
Ground heats air
Air warms and expands
Rising air cools
Dew point is reached
Water vapour condenses
Vertical cumulonimbus cloud forms
Heavy rain, lightening, thunder, hail can form
What cloud builds up vertically and
produces heavy rain, hail and thunder?
Cumulonimbus
What cloud produces prolonged
steady rainfall?
Nimbostratus
Name the type of cooling that is the
result from air expanding and loosing
its heat.
Adiabatic Cooling
How are clouds classified?
By the height (altitude) at which they
are located in the atmosphere
What are the three main types of
clouds?
Cirrus, stratus, cumulus