Question

Number the stages counting in 1,2 and 3's in the development of a thunderstorm in the order in which they occur
______ 14. Equal amounts of updrafts and downwards from convection cells.

________ 15. Warm, moist air rises quickly, and the moisture condenses into a visible cloud. Then updrafts form.

________16. Falling precipitation cools the air around it, forming downdrafts.

_______ 17. Precipitation begins to fall.

________ 18. The updrafts cease and precipitation stops

________ 19. The updrafts slow as downdrafts decrease the supply of warm, moist surface air.

Answer 1

Here are the stages of thunderstorm development numbered in the correct order:

**1.** ________ 15. Warm, moist air rises quickly, and the moisture condenses into a visible cloud. Then updrafts form.

**2.** ________ 14. Equal amounts of updrafts and downwards from convection cells.

**3.** ________ 19. The updrafts slow as downdrafts decrease the supply of warm, moist surface air.

**4.** ________ 16. Falling precipitation cools the air around it, forming downdrafts.

**5.** ________ 17. Precipitation begins to fall.

**6.** ________ 18. The updrafts cease and precipitation stops.