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Explore cloud formation, global air circulation, and seasonal weather in the Philippines.
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What supplies most of the energy that changes ocean water into water vapor?
As moist air moves upward through the atmosphere, why does its temperature usually decrease?
What makes up the visible part of a cloud?
In cloud formation, what role do tiny airborne dust and salt particles play?
In a cloud-in-a-jar activity, which atmospheric process does the ice-cooled cover model?

At the same pressure, how does a parcel of air change when heated?
Near Earth's surface, a pressure difference pushes air in which direction?
Why does sunlight generally warm tropical regions more strongly than polar regions?
Which atmospheric circulation cell is marked A in the diagram?

Which surface wind belt is marked B in the diagram?

What causes moving winds to appear deflected from a straight path over Earth's surface?
In the global circulation model, what generally happens to air near 30 degrees north and south?
Which wind belts meet at the cloud band marked D?

A forecast says the ITCZ is affecting Mindanao. Which conditions should residents prepare for?
Why do tall clouds often develop where tropical surface winds meet?
What mainly causes the ITCZ's location to change through the year?
What makes a wind pattern a monsoon?
A weather report announces Amihan over Luzon. From which direction do the prevailing winds generally come?
During July, warm, moist winds from the southwest often bring rain to western Luzon. Which Philippine seasonal pattern is this?
Which wind path best explains rain in eastern Samar during Amihan while western areas are drier?
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