Number the stages in the development of a thunderstorm in the order in which they occur

Question

______ 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

The correct order for the stages in the development of a thunderstorm is as follows:

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 down drafts 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.

So the ordered list is:

• 15
• 14
• 19
• 16
• 17
• 18