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Weather fronts occur when…

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What is a cloud?

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What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?

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1: Weather fronts occur when…
Warm and cold air meet, causing frictional resistance
1: Weather fronts occur when…
Air pressure and wind speed are equally matched
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1: Weather fronts occur when…
Global wind circualtion patterns shift
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2: What is a cloud?
Condensed water vapour
2: What is a cloud?
2: What is a cloud?
3: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
Water droplets/ice crystals are forced by gravity to fall
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3: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
Water droplets/ice crystals experience high levels of pressure when they rise which forces them from their cloud
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3: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
When there is an excess of water droplets/ice crystals and tempratures reach -15 degrees celsius within a cloud, precipitation falls