lesson 5- major atmospheric processes

Question 1

what is transpiration?

Answer 1

trees giving off water vapor through their stomatas

Question 2

what is infiltration?

Answer 2

water penetrating the soil

Question 3

what is perculation?

Answer 3

water entering cracks in rocks from the soil

Question 4

what is throughflow?

Answer 4

water passes through aquifers- permeable materials

Question 5

formation of clouds and thunderstorms

Answer 5

Warm air is heated at surface-> less dense -> rise -> condenses into a cloud

Question 6

what is oriental uplift

Answer 6

when a physical landform e.g. mountain forces warm air up

->clouds

Question 7

what are fronts

Answer 7

when warm and cold air meet and cant mix

warm front- hot air rises above
->clouds

Question 8

what is advection

Answer 8

warm air meets a cold surface e.g. snow

->condenses into clouds