'Hailstones' presentation slideshows

Welcome

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Unit D

Unit D. The Atmosphere and Beyond. Chapter 10. Using Weather Data. Lesson 1: What is Air?. The Atmosphere. Gases in the Air. Air is a mixture of colorless, odorless gases that surround the Earth. Nitrogen (78%) Plants need nitrogen to grow. Plants absorb nitrogen through their roots.

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Wild Weather

Wild Weather. Rain. By the time raindrops reach the ground, they can be anywhere from one hundred to one thousand times larger than they were inside the cloud. The biggest raindrops are only about the size of a pencil eraser. It takes at least one million cloud droplets to form one raindrop.

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Precipitation

Precipitation is any form of cloud H 2 O that has grown heavy enough to fall to Earth. Water droplets grow by bumping into and combining with other water droplets. Over time they grow heavy enough to fall to Earth. . Precipitation. There are several forms of precipitation: Drizzle Rain

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Clouds

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Chapter 12 Notes

Chapter 12 Notes. The sky looks blue because of scattering. The direct transfer of electrometric waves is called convection. A form of precipitation in which rain freezes a it falls through the air is sleet. Hailstones form only in the type of clouds called cumulonimbus.

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