The document summarizes key concepts about the water cycle and atmospheric moisture. It describes the three states of water, processes like evaporation and condensation, cloud formation mechanisms including convection and orographic lifting, different cloud types classified by height and shape, and various forms of precipitation including rain, snow, hail and acid rain. Diagrams illustrate concepts like the water cycle, adiabatic processes, cloud classification and hailstone formation.
41. Birds and Thermals Birds, like this condor, often sail using thermals http://img1.travelblog.org/Photos/6108/22953/t/108896-Condor-sailing-on-thermals-0.jpg
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43. Fair Weather Cumulus Where is air rising and sinking? http://webserv.chatsystems.com/~doswell/chasesums/05jun05_01.JPG
65. Cloud Summary Table C u m u l o n I m b u s Cumulus Stratocumulus Stratus Nimbostratus Fog Low Altocumulus Altostratus Middle Cirrocumulus Cirrostratus Cirrus High
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67. Fog in San Francisco http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/19267/100_0032-5.jpg