Nautical Science Unit Three Chapter Two Extra Credit
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Nautical Science Unit Three Chapter Two Extra Credit

Short Answer

 1. 

What causes earthbound moisture to evaporate?

 2. 

What are the three basic guidelines used to determine which kinds of clouds are in the sky and how they may affect weather prediction?

 3. 

What are the names of the three basic cloud types?

 4. 

What are the ranges of altitude for low, middle , and high clouds?

 5. 

How were early navigators often able to find previously uncharted islands?

 6. 

What two techniques are used in modern rainmaking?

 7. 

What is hail, and how are hailstones formed?

 8. 

What is fog, and how is it formed?

 9. 

Where are the two most famous natural sea-fog areas located?

 10. 

Why are the two areas mentioned in question 9 subject to such frequent fog?     



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