The correct order for the stages in the development of a thunderstorm is as follows:
- 15. Warm, moist air rises quickly, and the moisture condenses into a visible cloud. Then updrafts form.
- 14. Equal amounts of updrafts and down drafts from convection cells.
- 19. The updrafts slow as downdrafts decrease the supply of warm, moist surface air.
- 16. Falling precipitation cools the air around it, forming downdrafts.
- 17. Precipitation begins to fall.
- 18. The updrafts cease and precipitation stops.
So the ordered list is:
- 15
- 14
- 19
- 16
- 17
- 18